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:
See Also
--------
-gitlink:git-config[1]
+gitlink:git-config[1],
+gitlink:git-add[1]
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