From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 20:27:43 GMT
Subject: Re: clarification on git-update-index --remove
Message-ID: <7vwt42k05c.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <e1dab3980701041129l3944df8ep985141d8f436d0a7@mail.gmail.com>

"David Tweed" <david.tweed@gmail.com> writes:

> --remove::
> 	If a specified file is in the index but is missing then it's
> 	removed.
> 	Default behavior is to ignore removed file.

If necessary, better rewording to remove confusion is very much
appreciated.

"update-index <path>..." without options (that is "Default
behaviour") updates the index using the contents of the named
<path> found on the filesystem.  It does _not_ add new paths to
the index, nor remove paths (that exists in the index) from the
index.

Giving --add allows new paths to be added to the index if named
paths are found on the filesystem.  Giving --remove allows
existing paths to be removed from the index if named paths are
not found on the filesystem.