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git-update-index(1)
===================
v0.1, May 2005
NAME
----
git-update-index - Modifies the index or directory cache
SYNOPSIS
--------
'git-update-index'
[--add] [--remove] [--refresh] [--replace]
[--ignore-missing]
[--force-remove]
[--cacheinfo <mode> <object> <file>]\*
[--info-only]
[--] [<file>]\*
DESCRIPTION
-----------
Modifies the index or directory cache. Each file mentioned is updated
into the cache and any 'unmerged' or 'needs updating' state is
cleared.
The way "git-update-index" handles files it is told about can be modified
using the various options:
OPTIONS
-------
--add::
If a specified file isn't in the cache already then it's
added.
Default behaviour is to ignore new files.
--remove::
If a specified file is in the cache but is missing then it's
removed.
Default behaviour is to ignore removed file.
--refresh::
Looks at the current cache and checks to see if merges or
updates are needed by checking stat() information.
--ignore-missing::
Ignores missing files during a --refresh
--cacheinfo <mode> <object> <path>::
Directly insert the specified info into the cache.
--info-only::
Do not create objects in the object database for all
<file> arguments that follow this flag; just insert
their object IDs into the cache.
--force-remove::
Remove the file from the index even when the working directory
still has such a file. (Implies --remove.)
--replace::
By default, when a file `path` exists in the index,
git-update-index refuses an attempt to add `path/file`.
Similarly if a file `path/file` exists, a file `path`
cannot be added. With --replace flag, existing entries
that conflicts with the entry being added are
automatically removed with warning messages.
--::
Do not interpret any more arguments as options.
<file>::
Files to act on.
Note that files begining with '.' are discarded. This includes
`./file` and `dir/./file`. If you don't want this, then use
cleaner names.
The same applies to directories ending '/' and paths with '//'
Using --refresh
---------------
'--refresh' does not calculate a new sha1 file or bring the cache
up-to-date for mode/content changes. But what it *does* do is to
"re-match" the stat information of a file with the cache, so that you
can refresh the cache for a file that hasn't been changed but where
the stat entry is out of date.
For example, you'd want to do this after doing a "git-read-tree", to link
up the stat cache details with the proper files.
Using --cacheinfo or --info-only
--------------------------------
'--cacheinfo' is used to register a file that is not in the
current working directory. This is useful for minimum-checkout
merging.
To pretend you have a file with mode and sha1 at path, say:
$ 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.
Both '--cacheinfo' and '--info-only' behave similarly: the index is updated
but the object database isn't. '--cacheinfo' is useful when the object is
in the database but the file isn't available locally. '--info-only' is
useful when the file is available, but you do not wish to update the
object database.
Examples
--------
To update and refresh only the files already checked out:
git-checkout-index -n -f -a && git-update-index --ignore-missing --refresh
Author
------
Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Documentation
--------------
Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
GIT
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Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite