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| author | Steven Grimm <koreth@midwinter.com> | 2007-08-06 22:57:47 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2007-08-06 23:47:18 -0700 |
| commit | 4cf3ef97406ea10261cf6faa487520861f8b424b (patch) | |
| tree | 4ce443d24da8c7b99f4835f5bb7edf7f49fa90f2 /Documentation/git-status.txt | |
| parent | f9935bf9312dd6681e5051fbdce03204b6458c73 (diff) | |
| download | git-4cf3ef97406ea10261cf6faa487520861f8b424b.tar.gz | |
Add a note about the index being updated by git-status in some cases
Signed-off-by: Steven Grimm <koreth@midwinter.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-status.txt b/Documentation/git-status.txt index 6f16eb0328..8fd0fc6236 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-status.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-status.txt @@ -27,6 +27,13 @@ The command takes the same set of options as `git-commit`; it shows what would be committed if the same options are given to `git-commit`. +If any paths have been touched in the working tree (that is, +their modification times have changed) but their contents and +permissions are identical to those in the index file, the command +updates the index file. Running `git-status` can thus speed up +subsequent operations such as `git-diff` if the working tree +contains many paths that have been touched but not modified. + OUTPUT ------ |