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