Add a force-rewrite option to update-index, which allows the user
to rewrite the index, even if there are no changes. This can be used
to do performance tests of both the reader and the writer.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gummerer <t.gummerer@xxxxxxxxx>
---
builtin/update-index.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/builtin/update-index.c b/builtin/update-index.c
index e747def..063bf54 100644
--- a/builtin/update-index.c
+++ b/builtin/update-index.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ static int allow_remove;
static int allow_replace;
static int info_only;
static int force_remove;
+static int force_rewrite;
static int verbose;
static int mark_valid_only;
static int mark_skip_worktree_only;
@@ -734,6 +735,8 @@ int cmd_update_index(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
OPT_BIT(0, "unmerged", &refresh_args.flags,
"refresh even if index contains unmerged entries",
REFRESH_UNMERGED),
+ OPT_SET_INT(0, "force-rewrite", &force_rewrite,
+ "force a index rewrite even if there is no change", 1),
{OPTION_CALLBACK, 0, "refresh", &refresh_args, NULL,
"refresh stat information",
PARSE_OPT_NOARG | PARSE_OPT_NONEG,
@@ -892,7 +895,7 @@ int cmd_update_index(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
strbuf_release(&buf);
}
- if (active_cache_changed) {
+ if (active_cache_changed || force_rewrite) {
if (newfd < 0) {
if (refresh_args.flags & REFRESH_QUIET)
exit(128);
--
1.7.10.886.gdf6792c.dirty
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html