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Re: [PATCH] Added description for reversing git-update-index using --index-info

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APAndy Parkins <andyparkins@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 3, 2006, 08:21 UTC
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On Friday 2006 November 03 02:40, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> > +git ls-tree -r HEAD | git update-index --index-info
>
> While this is correct in the mechanical sense, it _sucks_ as an
> example, especially since you do not mention that the user would
> most likely need to do 'git update-index --refresh' afterwards
> to make the result useful.

I'm happy to ditch it if you wish; I included it only because it was one of the examples that Shawn gave me in my original question.

Would you like a new patch?
Andy
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Dr Andy Parkins, M Eng (hons), MIEE
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