"J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Yes, the index differs from the work tree or HEAD temporarily, Temporarily, yes, but the _point_ of having it is to have it differ from HEAD (otherwise, you can't create a new revision), and from the tree (otherwise, index-related commands are useless). The stat-information, and sha1sum are actually a cache, but they don't have to be user-visible, except for speed. "diff --cached" has nothing to do with the stat information for the user. -- Matthieu - 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
