[--cacheinfo <mode> <object> <file>]\*
[--chmod=(+|-)x]
[--assume-unchanged | --no-assume-unchanged]
+ [--ignore-submodules]
[--really-refresh] [--unresolve] [--again | -g]
[--info-only] [--index-info]
[-z] [--stdin]
into the index and any 'unmerged' or 'needs updating' state is
cleared.
-See also gitlink:git-add[1] for a more user-friendly way to do some of
+See also linkgit:git-add[1] for a more user-friendly way to do some of
the most common operations on the index.
The way "git-update-index" handles files it is told about can be modified
default behavior is to error out. This option makes
git-update-index continue anyway.
+--ignore-submodules:
+ Do not try to update submodules. This option is only respected
+ when passed before --refresh.
+
--unmerged::
If --refresh finds unmerged changes in the index, the default
behavior is to error out. This option makes git-update-index
The command honors `core.filemode` configuration variable. If
your repository is on an filesystem whose executable bits are
-unreliable, this should be set to 'false' (see gitlink:git-config[1]).
+unreliable, this should be set to 'false' (see linkgit:git-config[1]).
This causes the command to ignore differences in file modes recorded
in the index and the file mode on the filesystem if they differ only on
executable bit. On such an unfortunate filesystem, you may
need to use `git-update-index --chmod=`.
Quite similarly, if `core.symlinks` configuration variable is set
-to 'false' (see gitlink:git-config[1]), symbolic links are checked out
+to 'false' (see linkgit:git-config[1]), symbolic links are checked out
as plain files, and this command does not modify a recorded file mode
from symbolic link to regular file.
See Also
--------
-gitlink:git-config[1],
-gitlink:git-add[1]
+linkgit:git-config[1],
+linkgit:git-add[1]
Author
GIT
---
-Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
+Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite