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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2012-04-04 18:37:02 +0200 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2012-04-04 18:57:50 +0200 |
| commit | 69dec66b2f6ab5c8138cca37e74bd405c541318a (patch) | |
| tree | 9265658425e59789ee9124ff55430f74f8c56fb4 /Documentation/git-update-index.txt | |
| parent | read-cache.c: write prefix-compressed names in the index (diff) | |
| download | git-69dec66b2f6ab5c8138cca37e74bd405c541318a.tar.xz git-69dec66b2f6ab5c8138cca37e74bd405c541318a.zip | |
update-index: upgrade/downgrade on-disk index version
With the "--index-version <n>" parameter, write the index out in the
specified version. With this, an index file that is written in newer
format (say v4) can be downgraded to be read by older versions of Git.
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-update-index.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-update-index.txt | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt index a3081f4e23..9d0b1515c5 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ SYNOPSIS [--ignore-submodules] [--really-refresh] [--unresolve] [--again | -g] [--info-only] [--index-info] - [-z] [--stdin] + [-z] [--stdin] [--index-version <n>] [--verbose] [--] [<file>...] @@ -143,6 +143,10 @@ you will need to handle the situation manually. --verbose:: Report what is being added and removed from index. +--index-version <n>:: + Write the resulting index out in the named on-disk format version. + The current default version is 2. + -z:: Only meaningful with `--stdin` or `--index-info`; paths are separated with NUL character instead of LF. |