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Re: Why is there no git-update-cache --modified (aka I give up)

From
Matthias Urlichs <smurf@smurf.noris.de>
Date
Jul 12, 2005, 16:16 UTC
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<pan.2005.07.12.16.16.45.990714@smurf.noris.de>
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<20050712155316.GA5841@buici.com>
Hi, Marc Singer wrote:
>   # git-update-cache `git-diff-cache | cut -f2`

g-d-c should have an option to print file names only. All that cutting and argument-backtick-ing gets pretty nasty when there are a lot of files, or if they contain special characters.

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Message 5 of 9 in “Why is there no git-update-cache --modified (aka I give up)”
  1. Marc SingerJul 12, 2005
  2. Petr BaudisJul 12, 2005
  3. Junio C HamanoJul 12, 2005
  4. Marc SingerJul 12, 2005
  5. Matthias UrlichsJul 12, 2005
  6. Junio C HamanoJul 12, 2005
  7. diff-stages: support "-u" as a synonym for "-p".Junio C Hamano, Jul 13, 2005
  8. git-diff-*: --name-only and --name-only-z.Junio C Hamano, Jul 13, 2005
  9. Clean up diff option descriptions.Junio C Hamano, Jul 13, 2005

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