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diff --git a/Documentation/git-write-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-write-tree.txt index 26d3850e73..f22041a9dc 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-write-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-write-tree.txt @@ -8,25 +8,27 @@ git-write-tree - Create a tree object from the current index SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git write-tree' [--missing-ok] [--prefix=<prefix>/] DESCRIPTION ----------- -Creates a tree object using the current index. +Creates a tree object using the current index. The name of the new +tree object is printed to standard output. The index must be in a fully merged state. -Conceptually, 'git-write-tree' sync()s the current index contents +Conceptually, 'git write-tree' sync()s the current index contents into a set of tree files. In order to have that match what is actually in your directory right -now, you need to have done a 'git-update-index' phase before you did the -'git-write-tree'. +now, you need to have done a 'git update-index' phase before you did the +'git write-tree'. OPTIONS ------- --missing-ok:: - Normally 'git-write-tree' ensures that the objects referenced by the + Normally 'git write-tree' ensures that the objects referenced by the directory exist in the object database. This option disables this check. @@ -35,15 +37,6 @@ OPTIONS `<prefix>`. This can be used to write the tree object for a subproject that is in the named subdirectory. - -Author ------- -Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |