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| author | Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> | 2009-08-20 20:46:57 +0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2009-08-23 17:11:28 -0700 |
| commit | 44a3691362dc71241a5d68d90b07642c46992e4a (patch) | |
| tree | baafb787871699fd6e0704004ecd04ab2c3dbe04 /Documentation/git-update-index.txt | |
| parent | dbd57f99680eac33626d5058459efd7f118f5170 (diff) | |
| download | git-44a3691362dc71241a5d68d90b07642c46992e4a.tar.gz | |
Introduce "skip-worktree" bit in index, teach Git to get/set this bit
Detail about this bit is in Documentation/git-update-index.txt.
Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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1 files changed, 29 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt index 25e0bbea86..a10f355b7c 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt @@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ SYNOPSIS [--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] @@ -99,6 +100,13 @@ in the index e.g. when merging in a commit; thus, in case the assumed-untracked file is changed upstream, you will need to handle the situation manually. +--skip-worktree:: +--no-skip-worktree:: + When one of these flags is specified, the object name recorded + for the paths are not updated. Instead, these options + set and unset the "skip-worktree" bit for the paths. See + section "Skip-worktree bit" below for more information. + -g:: --again:: Runs 'git-update-index' itself on the paths whose index @@ -304,6 +312,27 @@ M foo.c <9> now it checks with lstat(2) and finds it has been changed. +Skip-worktree bit +----------------- + +Skip-worktree bit can be defined in one (long) sentence: When reading +an entry, if it is marked as skip-worktree, then Git pretends its +working directory version is up to date and read the index version +instead. + +To elaborate, "reading" means checking for file existence, reading +file attributes or file content. The working directory version may be +present or absent. If present, its content may match against the index +version or not. Writing is not affected by this bit, content safety +is still first priority. Note that Git _can_ update working directory +file, that is marked skip-worktree, if it is safe to do so (i.e. +working directory version matches index version) + +Although this bit looks similar to assume-unchanged bit, its goal is +different from assume-unchanged bit's. Skip-worktree also takes +precedence over assume-unchanged bit when both are set. + + Configuration ------------- |