Write the resulting index out in the named on-disk format version.
Supported versions are 2, 3 and 4. The current default version is 2
or 3, depending on whether extra features are used, such as
- `git add -N`.
+ `git add -N`. With `--verbose`, also report the version the index
+ file uses before and after this command.
+
Version 4 performs a simple pathname compression that reduces index
size by 30%-50% on large repositories, which results in faster load
Older versions of this manual page called it "relatively young", but
it should be considered mature technology these days.
+--show-index-version::
+ Report the index format version used by the on-disk index file.
+ See `--index-version` above.
-z::
Only meaningful with `--stdin` or `--index-info`; paths are
resolve_undo_clear_callback),
OPT_INTEGER(0, "index-version", &preferred_index_format,
N_("write index in this format")),
+ OPT_SET_INT(0, "show-index-version", &preferred_index_format,
+ N_("report on-disk index format version"), -1),
OPT_BOOL(0, "split-index", &split_index,
N_("enable or disable split index")),
OPT_BOOL(0, "untracked-cache", &untracked_cache,
getline_fn = nul_term_line ? strbuf_getline_nul : strbuf_getline_lf;
if (preferred_index_format) {
- if (preferred_index_format < INDEX_FORMAT_LB ||
- INDEX_FORMAT_UB < preferred_index_format)
+ if (preferred_index_format < 0) {
+ printf(_("%d\n"), the_index.version);
+ } else if (preferred_index_format < INDEX_FORMAT_LB ||
+ INDEX_FORMAT_UB < preferred_index_format) {
die("index-version %d not in range: %d..%d",
preferred_index_format,
INDEX_FORMAT_LB, INDEX_FORMAT_UB);
-
- if (the_index.version != preferred_index_format)
- the_index.cache_changed |= SOMETHING_CHANGED;
- the_index.version = preferred_index_format;
+ } else {
+ if (the_index.version != preferred_index_format)
+ the_index.cache_changed |= SOMETHING_CHANGED;
+ report(_("index-version: was %d, set to %d"),
+ the_index.version, preferred_index_format);
+ the_index.version = preferred_index_format;
+ }
}
if (read_from_stdin) {
test_cmp expect actual
'
+test_expect_success '--index-version' '
+ git commit --allow-empty -m snap &&
+ git reset --hard &&
+ git rm -f -r --cached . &&
+
+ # The default index version is 2 --- update this test
+ # when you change it in the code
+ git update-index --show-index-version >actual &&
+ echo 2 >expect &&
+ test_cmp expect actual &&
+
+ # The next test wants us to be using version 2
+ git update-index --index-version 2 &&
+
+ git update-index --index-version 4 --verbose >actual &&
+ echo "index-version: was 2, set to 4" >expect &&
+ test_cmp expect actual &&
+
+ git update-index --index-version 4 --verbose >actual &&
+ echo "index-version: was 4, set to 4" >expect &&
+ test_cmp expect actual &&
+
+ git update-index --index-version 2 --verbose >actual &&
+ echo "index-version: was 4, set to 2" >expect &&
+ test_cmp expect actual &&
+
+ # non-verbose should be silent
+ git update-index --index-version 4 >actual &&
+ test_must_be_empty actual
+'
+
test_done