git-check-files(1) ================== v0.1, May 2005 NAME ---- git-check-files - Verify a list of files are up-to-date SYNOPSIS -------- 'git-check-files' ... DESCRIPTION ----------- Check that a list of files are up-to-date between the filesystem and the cache. Used to verify a patch target before doing a patch. Files that do not exist on the filesystem are considered up-to-date (whether or not they are in the cache). Emits an error message on failure: preparing to update existing file not in cache:: exists but is not in the cache preparing to update file not uptodate in cache:: on disk is not up-to-date with the cache Exits with a status code indicating success if all files are up-to-date. See Also -------- link:git-update-cache.html[git-update-cache] Author ------ Written by Linus Torvalds Documentation -------------- Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list . GIT --- Part of the link:git.html[git] suite