default behavior is to error out. This option makes
'git-update-index' continue anyway.
---ignore-submodules:
+--ignore-submodules::
Do not try to update submodules. This option is only respected
when passed before --refresh.
--assume-unchanged::
--no-assume-unchanged::
- When these flags are specified, the object name recorded
+ When these flags are specified, the object names recorded
for the paths are not updated. Instead, these options
- sets and unsets the "assume unchanged" bit for the
+ set and unset the "assume unchanged" bit for the
paths. When the "assume unchanged" bit is on, git stops
checking the working tree files for possible
modifications, so you need to manually unset the bit to
thus, in case the assumed-untracked file is changed upstream,
you will need to handle the situation manually.
+--really-refresh::
+ Like '--refresh', but checks stat information unconditionally,
+ without regard to the "assume unchanged" setting.
+
-g::
--again::
Runs 'git-update-index' itself on the paths whose index
'git-update-index' refuses an attempt to add `path/file`.
Similarly if a file `path/file` exists, a file `path`
cannot be added. With --replace flag, existing entries
- that conflicts with the entry being added are
+ that conflict with the entry being added are
automatically removed with warning messages.
--stdin::
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The command honors `core.filemode` configuration variable. If
-your repository is on an filesystem whose executable bits are
+your repository is on a filesystem whose executable bits are
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