Mark Lodato <lodatom@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> The basic steps are:
>
> backup .git/index
> git add -a
> git write-tree
> git commit-tree
> restore .git/index
Instead of doing that, you might want to consider
GIT_INDEX_FILE=...some-temporary-file...
export GIT_INDEX_FILE
and run everything as if that is the index throughout your script. That
way, if your script ever failed in the middle, you won't have to worry
about a broken index file.
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