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
[--cacheinfo <mode> <object> <file>]\*
[--chmod=(+|-)x]
[--assume-unchanged | --no-assume-unchanged]
- [--really-refresh] [--unresolve]
+ [--really-refresh] [--unresolve] [--again | -g]
[--info-only] [--index-info]
[-z] [--stdin]
[--verbose]
--remove::
If a specified file is in the index but is missing then it's
removed.
- Default behaviour is to ignore removed file.
+ Default behavior is to ignore removed file.
--refresh::
Looks at the current index and checks to see if merges or
filesystem that has very slow lstat(2) system call
(e.g. cifs).
+--again, -g::
+ Runs `git-update-index` itself on the paths whose index
+ entries are different from those from the `HEAD` commit.
+
--unresolve::
Restores the 'unmerged' or 'needs updating' state of a
file during a merge if it was cleared by accident.
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-Using "assume unchanged" bit
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+Using ``assume unchanged'' bit
+------------------------------
Many operations in git depend on your filesystem to have an
efficient `lstat(2)` implementation, so that `st_mtime`