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authorLukas_Sandström <lukass@etek.chalmers.se>2005-11-11 01:12:27 (GMT)
committerJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2005-11-11 23:12:29 (GMT)
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Change 'cache' to 'index' in the docs
This patch makes the documentation refer to the index as index instead of cache, but some references still remain. (e.g. git-update-index.txt) Signed-off-by: Lukas Sandström <lukass@etek.chalmers.se> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
index 58b9e49..52874c8 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
-----------
Modifies the index or directory cache. Each file mentioned is updated
-into the cache and any 'unmerged' or 'needs updating' state is
+into the index and any 'unmerged' or 'needs updating' state is
cleared.
The way "git-update-index" handles files it is told about can be modified
@@ -30,26 +30,26 @@ using the various options:
OPTIONS
-------
--add::
- If a specified file isn't in the cache already then it's
+ If a specified file isn't in the index 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
+ If a specified file is in the index 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
+ Looks at the current index and checks to see if merges or
updates are needed by checking stat() information.
-q::
- Quiet. If --refresh finds that the cache needs an update, the
+ Quiet. If --refresh finds that the index needs an update, the
default behavior is to error out. This option makes
git-update-index continue anyway.
--unmerged::
- If --refresh finds unmerged changes in the cache, the default
+ If --refresh finds unmerged changes in the index, the default
behavior is to error out. This option makes git-update-index
continue anyway.
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ OPTIONS
Ignores missing files during a --refresh
--cacheinfo <mode> <object> <path>::
- Directly insert the specified info into the cache.
+ Directly insert the specified info into the index.
--index-info::
Read index info from stdin.
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ OPTIONS
--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.
+ their object IDs into the index.
--force-remove::
Remove the file from the index even when the working directory
@@ -106,14 +106,14 @@ OPTIONS
Using --refresh
---------------
-'--refresh' does not calculate a new sha1 file or bring the cache
+'--refresh' does not calculate a new sha1 file or bring the index
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
+"re-match" the stat information of a file with the index, so that you
+can refresh the index 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.
+up the stat index details with the proper files.
Using --cacheinfo or --info-only
--------------------------------