1git-write-tree(1) 2================= 3 4NAME 5---- 6git-write-tree - Create a tree object from the current index 7 8 9SYNOPSIS 10-------- 11'git write-tree' [--missing-ok] [--prefix=<prefix>/] 12 13DESCRIPTION 14----------- 15Creates a tree object using the current index. The name of the new 16tree object is printed to standard output. 17 18The index must be in a fully merged state. 19 20Conceptually, 'git write-tree' sync()s the current index contents 21into a set of tree files. 22In order to have that match what is actually in your directory right 23now, you need to have done a 'git update-index' phase before you did the 24'git write-tree'. 25 26 27OPTIONS 28------- 29--missing-ok:: 30 Normally 'git write-tree' ensures that the objects referenced by the 31 directory exist in the object database. This option disables this 32 check. 33 34--prefix=<prefix>/:: 35 Writes a tree object that represents a subdirectory 36 `<prefix>`. This can be used to write the tree object 37 for a subproject that is in the named subdirectory. 38 39 40Author 41------ 42Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> 43 44Documentation 45-------------- 46Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. 47 48GIT 49--- 50Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite