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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-update-cache.txt4
-rw-r--r--update-cache.c12
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-cache.txt b/Documentation/git-update-cache.txt
index 604411d..947f2bd 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-update-cache.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-update-cache.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
'git-update-cache'
[--add] [--remove] [--refresh] [--replace]
[--ignore-missing]
- [--force-remove <file>]
+ [--force-remove]
[--cacheinfo <mode> <object> <file>]\*
[--] [<file>]\*
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ OPTIONS
--force-remove::
Remove the file from the index even when the working directory
- still has such a file.
+ still has such a file. (Implies --remove.)
--replace::
By default, when a file `path` exists in the index,
diff --git a/update-cache.c b/update-cache.c
index 48b4dee..d2f79fa 100644
--- a/update-cache.c
+++ b/update-cache.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
* files be revision controlled.
*/
static int allow_add = 0, allow_remove = 0, allow_replace = 0, not_new = 0;
+static int force_remove;
/* Three functions to allow overloaded pointer return; see linux/err.h */
static inline void *ERR_PTR(long error)
@@ -376,11 +377,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
continue;
}
if (!strcmp(path, "--force-remove")) {
- if (argc <= i + 1)
- die("git-update-cache: --force-remove <path>");
- if (remove_file_from_cache(argv[i+1]))
- die("git-update-cache: --force-remove cannot remove %s", argv[i+1]);
- i++;
+ force_remove = 1;
continue;
}
@@ -394,6 +391,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
fprintf(stderr, "Ignoring path %s\n", argv[i]);
continue;
}
+ if (force_remove) {
+ if (remove_file_from_cache(path))
+ die("git-update-cache: --force-remove cannot remove %s", path);
+ continue;
+ }
if (add_file_to_cache(path))
die("Unable to add %s to database", path);
}