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diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt index fdcb8bea7d..e4678cd280 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt @@ -123,7 +123,9 @@ merging. To pretend you have a file with mode and sha1 at path, say: - $ git-update-index --cacheinfo mode sha1 path +---------------- +$ git-update-index --cacheinfo mode sha1 path +---------------- '--info-only' is used to register files without placing them in the object database. This is useful for status-only repositories. @@ -138,7 +140,9 @@ Examples -------- To update and refresh only the files already checked out: - git-checkout-index -n -f -a && git-update-index --ignore-missing --refresh +---------------- +$ git-checkout-index -n -f -a && git-update-index --ignore-missing --refresh +---------------- Configuration @@ -146,12 +150,18 @@ Configuration The command honors `core.filemode` configuration variable. If your repository is on an filesystem whose executable bits are -unreliable, this should be set to 'false'. This causes the -command to ignore differences in file modes recorded in the -index and the file mode on the filesystem if they differ only on +unreliable, this should be set to 'false' (see gitlink:git-repo-config[1]). +This causes the command to ignore differences in file modes recorded +in the index and the file mode on the filesystem if they differ only on executable bit. On such an unfortunate filesystem, you may need to use `git-update-index --chmod=`. + +See Also +-------- +gitlink:git-repo-config[1] + + Author ------ Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> |