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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-update-index.txt12
-rw-r--r--builtin/update-index.c5
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
index f4e5a85..a0afe17 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
[--[no-]skip-worktree]
[--ignore-submodules]
[--[no-]split-index]
- [--[no-|force-]untracked-cache]
+ [--[no-|test-|force-]untracked-cache]
[--really-refresh] [--unresolve] [--again | -g]
[--info-only] [--index-info]
[-z] [--stdin] [--index-version <n>]
@@ -180,6 +180,16 @@ may not support it yet.
system must change `st_mtime` field of a directory if files
are added or deleted in that directory.
+--test-untracked-cache::
+ Only perform tests on the working directory to make sure
+ untracked cache can be used. You have to manually enable
+ untracked cache using `--force-untracked-cache` (or
+ `--untracked-cache` but this will run the tests again)
+ afterwards if you really want to use it. If a test fails
+ the exit code is 1 and a message explains what is not
+ working as needed, otherwise the exit code is 0 and OK is
+ printed.
+
--force-untracked-cache::
For safety, `--untracked-cache` performs tests on the working
directory to make sure untracked cache can be used. These
diff --git a/builtin/update-index.c b/builtin/update-index.c
index 1e546a3..62222dd 100644
--- a/builtin/update-index.c
+++ b/builtin/update-index.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ enum uc_mode {
UC_UNSPECIFIED = -1,
UC_DISABLE = 0,
UC_ENABLE,
+ UC_TEST,
UC_FORCE
};
@@ -1004,6 +1005,8 @@ int cmd_update_index(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
N_("enable or disable split index")),
OPT_BOOL(0, "untracked-cache", &untracked_cache,
N_("enable/disable untracked cache")),
+ OPT_SET_INT(0, "test-untracked-cache", &untracked_cache,
+ N_("test if the filesystem supports untracked cache"), UC_TEST),
OPT_SET_INT(0, "force-untracked-cache", &untracked_cache,
N_("enable untracked cache without testing the filesystem"), UC_FORCE),
OPT_END()
@@ -1119,6 +1122,8 @@ int cmd_update_index(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
setup_work_tree();
if (!test_if_untracked_cache_is_supported())
return 1;
+ if (untracked_cache == UC_TEST)
+ return 0;
}
if (!the_index.untracked) {
uc = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*uc));