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-rw-r--r--Documentation/core-git.txt10
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diff --git a/Documentation/core-git.txt b/Documentation/core-git.txt
index 014b979..5e702fd 100644
--- a/Documentation/core-git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/core-git.txt
@@ -1098,7 +1098,7 @@ returns the name of the temporary file in the following format:
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git-update-cache
git-update-cache
- [--add] [--remove] [--refresh]
+ [--add] [--remove] [--refresh] [--replace]
[--ignore-missing]
[--force-remove <file>]
[--cacheinfo <mode> <object> <file>]*
@@ -1135,6 +1135,14 @@ using the various options:
Remove the file from the index even when the working directory
still has such a file.
+--replace
+ By default, when a file "path" exists in the index,
+ git-update-cache 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.