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git-diff-files man page

Subject: git-diff-files man page

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One message between Sep 2, 2008 and Sep 2, 2008.

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Karl Chen· Sep 2, 2008, 17:47 UTC · lore

The git-diff-files man page should say that it is a low level command and one should call git update-index --refresh before using it.

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