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diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt index 68dc1879fe..9d0b1515c5 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt @@ -12,16 +12,16 @@ SYNOPSIS 'git update-index' [--add] [--remove | --force-remove] [--replace] [--refresh] [-q] [--unmerged] [--ignore-missing] - [--cacheinfo <mode> <object> <file>]\* + [(--cacheinfo <mode> <object> <file>)...] [--chmod=(+|-)x] [--assume-unchanged | --no-assume-unchanged] [--skip-worktree | --no-skip-worktree] [--ignore-submodules] [--really-refresh] [--unresolve] [--again | -g] [--info-only] [--index-info] - [-z] [--stdin] + [-z] [--stdin] [--index-version <n>] [--verbose] - [--] [<file>]\* + [--] [<file>...] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -93,8 +93,6 @@ OPTIONS This option can be also used as a coarse file-level mechanism to ignore uncommitted changes in tracked files (akin to what `.gitignore` does for untracked files). -You should remember that an explicit 'git add' operation will -still cause the file to be refreshed from the working tree. Git will fail (gracefully) in case it needs to modify this file in the index e.g. when merging in a commit; thus, in case the assumed-untracked file is changed upstream, @@ -145,9 +143,13 @@ you will need to handle the situation manually. --verbose:: Report what is being added and removed from index. +--index-version <n>:: + Write the resulting index out in the named on-disk format version. + The current default version is 2. + -z:: - Only meaningful with `--stdin`; paths are separated with - NUL character instead of LF. + Only meaningful with `--stdin` or `--index-info`; paths are + separated with NUL character instead of LF. \--:: Do not interpret any more arguments as options. @@ -266,7 +268,9 @@ tree files, you have to explicitly tell git about it by dropping "assume unchanged" bit, either before or after you modify them. In order to set "assume unchanged" bit, use `--assume-unchanged` -option. To unset, use `--no-assume-unchanged`. +option. To unset, use `--no-assume-unchanged`. To see which files +have the "assume unchanged" bit set, use `git ls-files -v` +(see linkgit:git-ls-files[1]). The command looks at `core.ignorestat` configuration variable. When this is true, paths updated with `git update-index paths...` and @@ -365,16 +369,8 @@ ctime for marking files processed) (see linkgit:git-config[1]). SEE ALSO -------- linkgit:git-config[1], -linkgit:git-add[1] - - -Author ------- -Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. +linkgit:git-add[1], +linkgit:git-ls-files[1] GIT --- |