Say when --track is useful in the git-checkout docs.

diff --git a/read-cache.c b/read-cache.c
index 8b1c94e0e3f539cd0b507fd130b60aa443b9680b..536f4d0875ffec13706ef7e14805652f08fcc570 100644 (file)
--- a/read-cache.c
+++ b/read-cache.c
@@ -434,6 +434,31 @@ int add_file_to_index(struct index_state *istate, const char *path, int verbose)
        return 0;
 }
 
+struct cache_entry *make_cache_entry(unsigned int mode,
+               const unsigned char *sha1, const char *path, int stage,
+               int refresh)
+{
+       int size, len;
+       struct cache_entry *ce;
+
+       if (!verify_path(path))
+               return NULL;
+
+       len = strlen(path);
+       size = cache_entry_size(len);
+       ce = xcalloc(1, size);
+
+       hashcpy(ce->sha1, sha1);
+       memcpy(ce->name, path, len);
+       ce->ce_flags = create_ce_flags(len, stage);
+       ce->ce_mode = create_ce_mode(mode);
+
+       if (refresh)
+               return refresh_cache_entry(ce, 0);
+
+       return ce;
+}
+
 int ce_same_name(struct cache_entry *a, struct cache_entry *b)
 {
        int len = ce_namelen(a);