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[PATCH] Documentation: use single-parameter --cacheinfo in example

From
Steffen Prohaska <prohaska@zib.de>
Date
Sep 11, 2014, 15:19 UTC
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The single-parameter form is described as the preferred way. Separate arguments are only supported for backward compatibility. Update the example to the recommended form.

Signed-off-by: Steffen Prohaska <prohaska@zib.de>
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 Documentation/git-update-index.txt | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
index dfc09d9..82eca6f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ merging.
 To pretend you have a file with mode and sha1 at path, say:
 
 ----------------
-$ git update-index --cacheinfo mode sha1 path
+$ git update-index --cacheinfo <mode>,<sha1>,<path>
 ----------------
 
 '--info-only' is used to register files without placing them in the object

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