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git-update-index --refresh man page

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KCKarl Chen <quarl@cs.berkeley.edu>
Date
Sep 2, 2008, 17:54 UTC
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<quack.20080902T1054.lthwshul9g4@roar.cs.berkeley.edu>

I suggest expanding/clarifying the documentation for git-update-index --refresh. For example:

    "If a file's mtime has changed, but its contents have not,
    then update-index --refresh will update the index to reflect
    the new mtimes."
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  1. Karl ChenSep 2, 2008

Read the whole thread, see it on lore, or plain text.

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