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diff --git a/Documentation/git-write-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-write-tree.txt index 77e12cb949..f22041a9dc 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-write-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-write-tree.txt @@ -3,42 +3,40 @@ git-write-tree(1) NAME ---- -git-write-tree - Creates a tree object from the current index +git-write-tree - Create a tree object from the current index SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-write-tree' [--missing-ok] +[verse] +'git write-tree' [--missing-ok] [--prefix=<prefix>/] DESCRIPTION ----------- -Creates a tree object using the current index. +Creates a tree object using the current index. The name of the new +tree object is printed to standard output. The index must be in a fully merged state. -Conceptually, `git-write-tree` sync()s the current index contents +Conceptually, 'git write-tree' sync()s the current index contents into a set of tree files. In order to have that match what is actually in your directory right -now, you need to have done a `git-update-index` phase before you did the -`git-write-tree`. +now, you need to have done a 'git update-index' phase before you did the +'git write-tree'. OPTIONS ------- --missing-ok:: - Normally `git-write-tree` ensures that the objects referenced by the + Normally 'git write-tree' ensures that the objects referenced by the directory exist in the object database. This option disables this check. -Author ------- -Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. +--prefix=<prefix>/:: + Writes a tree object that represents a subdirectory + `<prefix>`. This can be used to write the tree object + for a subproject that is in the named subdirectory. GIT --- -Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite - +Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |