Merge 'maint' updates in

diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
index e8c19be5001bd4f6c7e4fba8a83be3096896bb44..765d4b312ed6f062180e83fa0d931e6bd2eef24f 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
             [--cacheinfo <mode> <object> <file>]\*
             [--chmod=(+|-)x]
             [--assume-unchanged | --no-assume-unchanged]
+            [--skip-worktree | --no-skip-worktree]
             [--ignore-submodules]
             [--really-refresh] [--unresolve] [--again | -g]
             [--info-only] [--index-info]
@@ -92,8 +93,6 @@ OPTIONS
 This option can be also used as a coarse file-level mechanism
 to ignore uncommitted changes in tracked files (akin to what
 `.gitignore` does for untracked files).
-You should remember that an explicit 'git add' operation will
-still cause the file to be refreshed from the working tree.
 Git will fail (gracefully) in case it needs to modify this file
 in the index e.g. when merging in a commit;
 thus, in case the assumed-untracked file is changed upstream,
@@ -103,6 +102,13 @@ you will need to handle the situation manually.
        Like '--refresh', but checks stat information unconditionally,
        without regard to the "assume unchanged" setting.
 
+--skip-worktree::
+--no-skip-worktree::
+       When one of these flags is specified, the object name recorded
+       for the paths are not updated. Instead, these options
+       set and unset the "skip-worktree" bit for the paths. See
+       section "Skip-worktree bit" below for more information.
+
 -g::
 --again::
        Runs 'git update-index' itself on the paths whose index
@@ -308,6 +314,27 @@ M foo.c
 <9> now it checks with lstat(2) and finds it has been changed.
 
 
+Skip-worktree bit
+-----------------
+
+Skip-worktree bit can be defined in one (long) sentence: When reading
+an entry, if it is marked as skip-worktree, then Git pretends its
+working directory version is up to date and read the index version
+instead.
+
+To elaborate, "reading" means checking for file existence, reading
+file attributes or file content. The working directory version may be
+present or absent. If present, its content may match against the index
+version or not. Writing is not affected by this bit, content safety
+is still first priority. Note that Git _can_ update working directory
+file, that is marked skip-worktree, if it is safe to do so (i.e.
+working directory version matches index version)
+
+Although this bit looks similar to assume-unchanged bit, its goal is
+different from assume-unchanged bit's. Skip-worktree also takes
+precedence over assume-unchanged bit when both are set.
+
+
 Configuration
 -------------