NAME
----
-git-update-index - Modifies the index or directory cache
+git-update-index - Register file contents in the working tree to the index
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
'git-update-index'
- [--add] [--remove | --force-remove] [--replace]
- [--refresh [-q] [--unmerged] [--ignore-missing]]
+ [--add] [--remove | --force-remove] [--replace]
+ [--refresh] [-q] [--unmerged] [--ignore-missing]
[--cacheinfo <mode> <object> <file>]\*
[--chmod=(+|-)x]
[--assume-unchanged | --no-assume-unchanged]
- [--really-refresh]
+ [--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.
+
--info-only::
Do not create objects in the object database for all
<file> arguments that follow this flag; just insert
Only meaningful with `--stdin`; paths are separated with
NUL character instead of LF.
---::
+\--::
Do not interpret any more arguments as options.
<file>::
------------
-Using "assume unchanged" bit
-----------------------------
+Using ``assume unchanged'' bit
+------------------------------
Many operations in git depend on your filesystem to have an
efficient `lstat(2)` implementation, so that `st_mtime`