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diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt index fdcb8be..c74311d 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt @@ -123,7 +123,9 @@ merging. To pretend you have a file with mode and sha1 at path, say: - $ git-update-index --cacheinfo mode sha1 path +---------------- +$ 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. @@ -134,11 +136,70 @@ 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. + +Using --index-info +------------------ + +`--index-info` is a more powerful mechanism that lets you feed +multiple entry definitions from the standard input, and designed +specifically for scripts. It can take inputs of three formats: + + . mode SP sha1 TAB path ++ +The first format is what "git-apply --index-info" +reports, and used to reconstruct a partial tree +that is used for phony merge base tree when falling +back on 3-way merge. + + . mode SP type SP sha1 TAB path ++ +The second format is to stuff git-ls-tree output +into the index file. + + . mode SP sha1 SP stage TAB path ++ +This format is to put higher order stages into the +index file and matches git-ls-files --stage output. + +To place a higher stage entry to the index, the path should +first be removed by feeding a mode=0 entry for the path, and +then feeding necessary input lines in the third format. + +For example, starting with this index: + +------------ +$ git ls-files -s +100644 8a1218a1024a212bb3db30becd860315f9f3ac52 0 frotz +------------ + +you can feed the following input to `--index-info`: + +------------ +$ git update-index --index-info +0 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 frotz +100644 8a1218a1024a212bb3db30becd860315f9f3ac52 1 frotz +100755 8a1218a1024a212bb3db30becd860315f9f3ac52 2 frotz +------------ + +The first line of the input feeds 0 as the mode to remove the +path; the SHA1 does not matter as long as it is well formatted. +Then the second and third line feeds stage 1 and stage 2 entries +for that path. After the above, we would end up with this: + +------------ +$ git ls-files -s +100644 8a1218a1024a212bb3db30becd860315f9f3ac52 1 frotz +100755 8a1218a1024a212bb3db30becd860315f9f3ac52 2 frotz +------------ + + Examples -------- To update and refresh only the files already checked out: - git-checkout-index -n -f -a && git-update-index --ignore-missing --refresh +---------------- +$ git-checkout-index -n -f -a && git-update-index --ignore-missing --refresh +---------------- Configuration @@ -146,12 +207,18 @@ Configuration The command honors `core.filemode` configuration variable. If your repository is on an filesystem whose executable bits are -unreliable, this should be set to 'false'. This causes the -command to ignore differences in file modes recorded in the -index and the file mode on the filesystem if they differ only on +unreliable, this should be set to 'false' (see gitlink:git-repo-config[1]). +This causes the command to ignore differences in file modes recorded +in the index and the file mode on the filesystem if they differ only on executable bit. On such an unfortunate filesystem, you may need to use `git-update-index --chmod=`. + +See Also +-------- +gitlink:git-repo-config[1] + + Author ------ Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> |