X-Git-Url: https://git.octo.it/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fgit-write-tree.txt;h=77e12cb949201445ab33992f9ff155f647ce167c;hb=5edbcd8d778d81254d2c8a4229c76c6fa7880407;hp=458d97ac986ff7324c105b5fe0222507ce514f04;hpb=2cf565c53c88c557eedd7e5629437b3c6fe74329;p=git.git diff --git a/Documentation/git-write-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-write-tree.txt index 458d97ac..77e12cb9 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-write-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-write-tree.txt @@ -1,43 +1,35 @@ git-write-tree(1) ================= -v0.1, May 2005 NAME ---- -git-write-tree - Creates a tree from the current cache +git-write-tree - Creates a tree object from the current index SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-write-tree' +'git-write-tree' [--missing-ok] DESCRIPTION ----------- -Creates a tree object using the current cache. +Creates a tree object using the current index. -The cache must be merged. +The index must be in a fully merged state. -Conceptually, "git-write-tree" sync()s the current directory cache contents +Conceptually, `git-write-tree` sync()s the current index contents into a set of tree files. In order to have that match what is actually in your directory right -now, you need to have done a "git-update-cache" phase before you did the -"git-write-tree". +now, you need to have done a `git-update-index` phase before you did the +`git-write-tree`. +OPTIONS +------- +--missing-ok:: + Normally `git-write-tree` ensures that the objects referenced by the + directory exist in the object database. This option disables this + check. - -//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// - -Producing man pages and html - -To create a set of html pages run: - perl split-docs.pl -html < core-git.txt - -To create a set of man pages run: - perl split-docs.pl -man < core-git.txt - - -//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Author ------ Written by Linus Torvalds @@ -48,5 +40,5 @@ Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list