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author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2018-08-20 11:33:50 -0700 |
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committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2018-08-20 11:33:50 -0700 |
commit | 6e8f3d1ca06f42714bc82070513a5d8d0ef15da4 (patch) | |
tree | bc93475479e643741ee3b2cbfefa7c1840682f7d /Documentation/git-update-index.txt | |
parent | 7d916990ba108ed78fec91bd201e7175c2110cb2 (diff) | |
parent | e05aa688dd3df580c38d1df639cf37e45b66a3ee (diff) | |
download | git-6e8f3d1ca06f42714bc82070513a5d8d0ef15da4.tar.gz |
Merge branch 'jc/update-index-doc'
Doc update.
* jc/update-index-doc:
update-index: there no longer is `apply --index-info`
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt index a9753e6557..1c4d146a41 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt @@ -268,23 +268,20 @@ USING --INDEX-INFO multiple entry definitions from the standard input, and designed specifically for scripts. It can take inputs of three formats: - . mode SP sha1 TAB path -+ -The first format is what "git-apply --index-info" -reports, and used to reconstruct a partial tree -that is used for phony merge base tree when falling -back on 3-way merge. - . mode SP type SP sha1 TAB path + -The second format is to stuff 'git ls-tree' output -into the index file. +This format is to stuff `git ls-tree` output into the index. . mode SP sha1 SP stage TAB path + This format is to put higher order stages into the index file and matches 'git ls-files --stage' output. + . mode SP sha1 TAB path ++ +This format is no longer produced by any Git command, but is +and will continue to be supported by `update-index --index-info`. + To place a higher stage entry to the index, the path should first be removed by feeding a mode=0 entry for the path, and then feeding necessary input lines in the third format. |