I met this command in the wild and I spent a lot of time to understand what it is good for. --- Documentation/git-update-index.txt | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt index 7128aed540..da11cbc418 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt @@ -399,6 +399,15 @@ M foo.c <8> you can tell about the change after the fact. <9> now it checks with lstat(2) and finds it has been changed. +To speed up other Git commands that rely on the index, such as git status +or git commit, user can refresh the index and avoid having to re-check +the status of every file in the working directory. This command +doesn't modify any committed data in your repository. ++ +---------------- +$ git update-index -q --refresh || true +---------------- + SKIP-WORKTREE BIT ----------------- -- 2.47.1
