[--ignore-missing]
[--force-remove]
[--cacheinfo <mode> <object> <file>]\*
+ [--info-only]
[--] [<file>]\*
DESCRIPTION
--cacheinfo <mode> <object> <path>::
Directly insert the specified info into the cache.
+--info-only::
+ Do not create objects in the object database for all
+ <file> arguments that follow this flag; just insert
+ their object IDs into the cache.
+
--force-remove::
Remove the file from the index even when the working directory
still has such a file. (Implies --remove.)
For example, you'd want to do this after doing a "git-read-tree", to link
up the stat cache details with the proper files.
-Using --cacheinfo
------------------
-'--cacheinfo' is used to register a file that is not in the current
-working directory. This is useful for minimum-checkout merging.
+Using --cacheinfo or --info-only
+--------------------------------
+'--cacheinfo' is used to register a file that is not in the
+current working directory. This is useful for minimum-checkout
+merging.
+
+ To pretend you have a file with mode and sha1 at path, say:
-To pretend you have a file with mode and sha1 at path, say:
+ $ git-update-cache --cacheinfo mode sha1 path
- $ git-update-cache --cacheinfo mode sha1 path
+'--info-only' is used to register files without placing them in the object
+database. This is useful for status-only repositories.
+Both '--cacheinfo' and '--info-only' behave similarly: the index is updated
+but the object database isn't. '--cacheinfo' is useful when the object is
+in the database but the file isn't available locally. '--info-only' is
+useful when the file is available, but you do not wish to update the
+object database.
+
+Examples
+--------
To update and refresh only the files already checked out:
git-checkout-cache -n -f -a && git-update-cache --ignore-missing --refresh