NAME
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-git-update-index - Modifies the index or directory cache
+git-update-index - Register file contents in the working tree to the index
SYNOPSIS
into the index and any 'unmerged' or 'needs updating' state is
cleared.
+See also gitlink:git-add[1] for a more user-friendly way to do some of
+the most common operations on the index.
+
The way "git-update-index" handles files it is told about can be modified
using the various options:
The command honors `core.filemode` configuration variable. If
your repository is on an filesystem whose executable bits are
-unreliable, this should be set to 'false' (see gitlink:git-repo-config[1]).
+unreliable, this should be set to 'false' (see gitlink:git-config[1]).
This causes the command to ignore differences in file modes recorded
in the index and the file mode on the filesystem if they differ only on
executable bit. On such an unfortunate filesystem, you may
need to use `git-update-index --chmod=`.
+Quite similarly, if `core.symlinks` configuration variable is set
+to 'false' (see gitlink:git-config[1]), symbolic links are checked out
+as plain files, and this command does not modify a recorded file mode
+from symbolic link to regular file.
+
The command looks at `core.ignorestat` configuration variable. See
'Using "assume unchanged" bit' section above.
See Also
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-gitlink:git-repo-config[1]
+gitlink:git-config[1],
+gitlink:git-add[1]
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