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-rw-r--r--builtin/update-index.c11
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/builtin/update-index.c b/builtin/update-index.c
index 187203e8bb..7e0a0d9bf8 100644
--- a/builtin/update-index.c
+++ b/builtin/update-index.c
@@ -787,6 +787,17 @@ static int refresh(struct refresh_params *o, unsigned int flag)
setup_work_tree();
read_cache();
*o->has_errors |= refresh_cache(o->flags | flag);
+ if (has_racy_timestamp(&the_index)) {
+ /*
+ * Even if nothing else has changed, updating the file
+ * increases the chance that racy timestamps become
+ * non-racy, helping future run-time performance.
+ * We do that even in case of "errors" returned by
+ * refresh_cache() as these are no actual errors.
+ * cmd_status() does the same.
+ */
+ active_cache_changed |= SOMETHING_CHANGED;
+ }
return 0;
}