Documentation/git-write-tree.txt

   1 git-write-tree(1)
   2 =================
   3
   4 NAME
   5 ----
   6 git-write-tree - Create a tree object from the current index
   7
   8
   9 SYNOPSIS
  10 --------
  11 'git-write-tree' [--missing-ok] [--prefix=<prefix>/]
  12
  13 DESCRIPTION
  14 -----------
  15 Creates a tree object using the current index.
  16
  17 The index must be in a fully merged state.
  18
  19 Conceptually, `git-write-tree` sync()s the current index contents
  20 into a set of tree files.
  21 In order to have that match what is actually in your directory right
  22 now, you need to have done a `git-update-index` phase before you did the
  23 `git-write-tree`.
  24
  25
  26 OPTIONS
  27 -------
  28 --missing-ok::
  29         Normally `git-write-tree` ensures that the objects referenced by the
  30         directory exist in the object database.  This option disables this
  31         check.
  32
  33 --prefix=<prefix>/::
  34         Writes a tree object that represents a subdirectory
  35         `<prefix>`.  This can be used to write the tree object
  36         for a subproject that is in the named subdirectory.
  37
  38
  39 Author
  40 ------
  41 Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
  42
  43 Documentation
  44 --------------
  45 Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
  46
  47 GIT
  48 ---
  49 Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite