X-Git-Url: https://git.octo.it/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fgit-write-tree.txt;h=c85fa89c30e25ed026d2e95a2b537798f878e50f;hb=HEAD;hp=7f076b4198237d7ee22189716b052d78ffe8b6ee;hpb=98e031f0bb6e857c684e6db24d03d22cfc1a532a;p=git.git diff --git a/Documentation/git-write-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-write-tree.txt index 7f076b41..c85fa89c 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-write-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-write-tree.txt @@ -1,34 +1,40 @@ 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' - [--missing-ok] +'git-write-tree' [--missing-ok] [--prefix=/] 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. + Normally `git-write-tree` ensures that the objects referenced by the + directory exist in the object database. This option disables this + check. + +--prefix=/:: + Writes a tree object that represents a subdirectory + ``. This can be used to write the tree object + for a subproject that is in the named subdirectory. + Author ------ @@ -40,5 +46,5 @@ Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list