X-Git-Url: https://git.verplant.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fgit-write-tree.txt;h=abee05f6f53fe38b77caf9a19194c6f0990690bd;hb=bf3e274873e56d7df25d60800c8d59a309e0d8c6;hp=458d97ac986ff7324c105b5fe0222507ce514f04;hpb=5569bf9bbedd63a00780fc5c110e0cfab3aa97b9;p=git.git diff --git a/Documentation/git-write-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-write-tree.txt index 458d97ac..abee05f6 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-write-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-write-tree.txt @@ -1,43 +1,33 @@ 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 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 +------- +--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 +38,5 @@ Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list