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diff --git a/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt index 0ff2890c7f..019c8bef7a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-read-tree - Reads tree information into the index SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-read-tree' (<tree-ish> | [[-m [--aggressive] | --reset | --prefix=<prefix>] [-u | -i]] [--exclude-per-directory=<gitignore>] <tree-ish1> [<tree-ish2> [<tree-ish3>]]) +'git-read-tree' (<tree-ish> | [[-m [--aggressive] | --reset | --prefix=<prefix>] [-u | -i]] [--exclude-per-directory=<gitignore>] [--index-output=<file>] <tree-ish1> [<tree-ish2> [<tree-ish3>]]) DESCRIPTION @@ -86,6 +86,18 @@ OPTIONS file (usually '.gitignore') and allows such an untracked but explicitly ignored file to be overwritten. +--index-output=<file>:: + Instead of writing the results out to `$GIT_INDEX_FILE`, + write the resulting index in the named file. While the + command is operating, the original index file is locked + with the same mechanism as usual. The file must allow + to be rename(2)ed into from a temporary file that is + created next to the usual index file; typically this + means it needs to be on the same filesystem as the index + file itself, and you need write permission to the + directories the index file and index output file are + located in. + <tree-ish#>:: The id of the tree object(s) to be read/merged. |