X-Git-Url: https://git.verplant.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fgit-write-tree.txt;h=abee05f6f53fe38b77caf9a19194c6f0990690bd;hb=650e4be59b9f385f56e5829d97d09e8440f174b8;hp=3b6a66fef648eeeb2bf75c39af1670495eaffe88;hpb=80bd6f3064a6009cd18a4dab9ce6d29681cec4af;p=git.git diff --git a/Documentation/git-write-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-write-tree.txt index 3b6a66fe..abee05f6 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-write-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-write-tree.txt @@ -1,10 +1,9 @@ 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 @@ -13,14 +12,14 @@ SYNOPSIS 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 merged. -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 +now, you need to have done a "git-update-index" phase before you did the "git-write-tree". OPTIONS @@ -39,5 +38,5 @@ Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list