Add to documentation of git-update-index arguments and usage.

[thirdparty/git.git] / Documentation / git-update-index.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
index 8b50efa4e6a4017edecacc1ed1c5f664c7c235fd..58b9e49af5f269f59b6e884430322cfca8673c75 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
@@ -9,15 +9,13 @@ git-update-index - Modifies the index or directory cache
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 'git-update-index'
-            [--add] [--remove] [--unmerged] [--refresh] [--replace]
+            [--add] [--remove | --force-remove] [--replace] 
+            [--refresh [-q] [--unmerged] [--ignore-missing]]
             [--cacheinfo <mode> <object> <file>]\*
             [--chmod=(+|-)x]
-            [--info-only]
-            [--force-remove]
-            [--stdin]
-            [--index-info]
-            [--ignore-missing]
-            [-z]
+            [--info-only] [--index-info]
+            [-z] [--stdin]
+            [--verbose]
             [--] [<file>]\*
 
 DESCRIPTION
@@ -45,12 +43,28 @@ OPTIONS
        Looks at the current cache and checks to see if merges or
        updates are needed by checking stat() information.
 
+-q::
+        Quiet.  If --refresh finds that the cache needs an update, the
+        default behavior is to error out.  This option makes
+        git-update-index continue anyway.
+
+--unmerged::
+        If --refresh finds unmerged changes in the cache, the default 
+        behavior is to error out.  This option makes git-update-index 
+        continue anyway.
+
 --ignore-missing::
        Ignores missing files during a --refresh
 
 --cacheinfo <mode> <object> <path>::
        Directly insert the specified info into the cache.
        
+--index-info::
+        Read index info from stdin.
+
+--chmod=(+|-)x::
+        Set the execute permissions on the updated files.        
+
 --info-only::
        Do not create objects in the object database for all
        <file> arguments that follow this flag; just insert
@@ -73,6 +87,9 @@ OPTIONS
        read list of paths from the standard input.  Paths are
        separated by LF (i.e. one path per line) by default.
 
+--verbose::
+        Report what is being added and removed from index.
+
 -z::
        Only meaningful with `--stdin`; paths are separated with
        NUL character instead of LF.