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authorLukas_Sandström <lukass@etek.chalmers.se>2005-11-11 02:12:27 +0100
committerJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2005-11-11 15:12:29 -0800
commit5f3aa197ac03eabbc45046cd3b9dbcfbda0426d9 (patch)
tree4283a10bb54027c8d53e6807e159c0f2de8d6945 /Documentation/git-read-tree.txt
parent3cab3594e9cfd5e98cbcb819b1bed91a7b3a974b (diff)
downloadgit-5f3aa197ac03eabbc45046cd3b9dbcfbda0426d9.tar.gz
Change 'cache' to 'index' in the docs
This patch makes the documentation refer to the index as index instead of cache, but some references still remain. (e.g. git-update-index.txt) Signed-off-by: Lukas Sandström <lukass@etek.chalmers.se> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt
index 7db5fb5795..e219c6a788 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-read-tree(1)
NAME
----
-git-read-tree - Reads tree information into the directory cache
+git-read-tree - Reads tree information into the index
SYNOPSIS
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
-----------
-Reads the tree information given by <tree-ish> into the directory cache,
+Reads the tree information given by <tree-ish> into the index,
but does not actually *update* any of the files it "caches". (see:
git-checkout-index)
-Optionally, it can merge a tree into the cache, perform a
+Optionally, it can merge a tree into the index, perform a
fast-forward (i.e. 2-way) merge, or a 3-way merge, with the -m
flag. When used with -m, the -u flag causes it to also update
the files in the work tree with the result of the merge.
@@ -59,10 +59,10 @@ provided.
Single Tree Merge
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
If only 1 tree is specified, git-read-tree operates as if the user did not
-specify '-m', except that if the original cache has an entry for a
+specify '-m', except that if the original index has an entry for a
given pathname, and the contents of the path matches with the tree
-being read, the stat info from the cache is used. (In other words, the
-cache's stat()s take precedence over the merged tree's).
+being read, the stat info from the index is used. (In other words, the
+index's stat()s take precedence over the merged tree's).
That means that if you do a "git-read-tree -m <newtree>" followed by a
"git-checkout-index -f -u -a", the "git-checkout-index" only checks out
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ Here are the "carry forward" rules:
-------------------------------------------------------
0 nothing nothing nothing (does not happen)
1 nothing nothing exists use M
- 2 nothing exists nothing remove path from cache
+ 2 nothing exists nothing remove path from index
3 nothing exists exists use M
clean I==H I==M
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ Here are the "carry forward" rules:
8 yes N/A no nothing exists fail
9 no N/A no nothing exists fail
- 10 yes yes N/A exists nothing remove path from cache
+ 10 yes yes N/A exists nothing remove path from index
11 no yes N/A exists nothing fail
12 yes no N/A exists nothing fail
13 no no N/A exists nothing fail
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ Here are the "carry forward" rules:
20 yes yes no exists exists use M
21 no yes no exists exists fail
-In all "keep index" cases, the cache entry stays as in the
+In all "keep index" cases, the index entry stays as in the
original index file. If the entry were not up to date,
git-read-tree keeps the copy in the work tree intact when
operating under the -u flag.
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ since you pulled from him:
Your work tree is still based on your HEAD ($JC), but you have
some edits since. Three-way merge makes sure that you have not
-added or modified cache entries since $JC, and if you haven't,
+added or modified index entries since $JC, and if you haven't,
then does the right thing. So with the following sequence:
$ git-read-tree -m -u `git-merge-base $JC $LT` $JC $LT