Andreas Heiduk <asheiduk@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> When setting `.gitattributes` in a second worktree, a plain `rm .git/index`
> does not actually delete the index.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andreas Heiduk <asheiduk@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Documentation/gitattributes.txt | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
Right.
I however have to wonder if we can do the same without futzing
directly with the "index" file as a filesystem entity. With or
without your update, what is taught in the document feels like
munging a disk block with binary editor to correct a corrupted
filesystem X-<.
For example, can we do this "empty the index" step with things like
$ git rm --cached .
or
$ git read-tree --empty
instead?
Thanks.
> diff --git a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
> index 473648386..4c6b74fa6 100644
> --- a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
> @@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ From a clean working directory:
>
> -------------------------------------------------
> $ echo "* text=auto" >.gitattributes
> -$ rm .git/index # Remove the index to re-scan the working directory
> +$ rm "$(git rev-parse --git-path index)" # Remove the index to re-scan the working directory
> $ git add .
> $ git status # Show files that will be normalized
> $ git commit -m "Introduce end-of-line normalization"