fd = hold_locked_index(&index_lock, 1);
                add_files_to_cache(also ? prefix : NULL, pathspec, 0);
                refresh_cache_or_die(refresh_flags);
-               update_main_cache_tree(1);
+               update_main_cache_tree(WRITE_TREE_SILENT);
                if (write_cache(fd, active_cache, active_nr) ||
                    close_lock_file(&index_lock))
                        die(_("unable to write new_index file"));
                fd = hold_locked_index(&index_lock, 1);
                refresh_cache_or_die(refresh_flags);
                if (active_cache_changed) {
-                       update_main_cache_tree(1);
+                       update_main_cache_tree(WRITE_TREE_SILENT);
                        if (write_cache(fd, active_cache, active_nr) ||
                            commit_locked_index(&index_lock))
                                die(_("unable to write new_index file"));