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