Re: StGIT refreshes all added files - limitation of git-write-tree?

> Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > Or maybe git-write-tree and other utilities could be changed to work on
> > a copy of the index file?  I would prefer not to move the
> > actual .git/index away, but to make a copy for the current "stg refresh"
> > operation.
> 
> There is no need to change the core side.  
> 
> 	GIT_INDEX_FILE=temporary-index git-write-tree
> 
> would do the job.  See the current round of git-commit and how
> it handles "git commit --only these files" case.