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`
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-repo-config[1]).
+unreliable, this should be set to 'false' (see gitlink: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
See Also
--------
-gitlink:git-repo-config[1]
+gitlink:git-config[1]
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