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| author | Bryan Larsen <bryan.larsen@gmail.com> | 2005-07-09 03:52:12 +0400 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org> | 2005-07-09 04:07:37 +0400 |
| commit | df6e151636992edc5824af53b62b451737b0d24d (patch) | |
| tree | 24523944fbaabeeb963e7ca411ba122f3196a3af /Documentation | |
| parent | 7672db20c2060f20b01788e4a4289ebc5f818605 (diff) | |
[PATCH] Add --info-only option to git-update-cache.
Add --info-only option to git-update-cache.
[JC demangled whitespace from the posted patch himself because he
liked it so much. Also adjusted to the index_fd() interface
slightly done differently from the original one.]
Signed-off-by: Bryan Larsen <bryan.larsen@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-update-cache.txt | 30 |
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-cache.txt b/Documentation/git-update-cache.txt index 947f2bded0..7340e89c1f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-update-cache.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-update-cache.txt @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ SYNOPSIS [--ignore-missing] [--force-remove] [--cacheinfo <mode> <object> <file>]\* + [--info-only] [--] [<file>]\* DESCRIPTION @@ -47,6 +48,11 @@ OPTIONS --cacheinfo <mode> <object> <path>:: Directly insert the specified info into the cache. +--info-only:: + Do not create objects in the object database for all + <file> arguments that follow this flag; just insert + their object IDs into the cache. + --force-remove:: Remove the file from the index even when the working directory still has such a file. (Implies --remove.) @@ -80,15 +86,27 @@ the stat entry is out of date. For example, you'd want to do this after doing a "git-read-tree", to link up the stat cache details with the proper files. -Using --cacheinfo ------------------ -'--cacheinfo' is used to register a file that is not in the current -working directory. This is useful for minimum-checkout merging. +Using --cacheinfo or --info-only +-------------------------------- +'--cacheinfo' is used to register a file that is not in the +current working directory. This is useful for minimum-checkout +merging. + + To pretend you have a file with mode and sha1 at path, say: -To pretend you have a file with mode and sha1 at path, say: + $ git-update-cache --cacheinfo mode sha1 path - $ git-update-cache --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. +Both '--cacheinfo' and '--info-only' behave similarly: the index is updated +but the object database isn't. '--cacheinfo' is useful when the object is +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. + +Examples +-------- To update and refresh only the files already checked out: git-checkout-cache -n -f -a && git-update-cache --ignore-missing --refresh |