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<h1> | |
git-update-index(1) Manual Page | |
</h1> | |
<h2>NAME</h2> | |
<div class="sectionbody"> | |
<p>git-update-index - | |
Register file contents in the working tree to the index | |
</p> | |
</div> | |
</div> | |
<div id="content"> | |
<div class="sect1"> | |
<h2 id="_synopsis">SYNOPSIS</h2> | |
<div class="sectionbody"> | |
<div class="verseblock"> | |
<pre class="content"><em>git update-index</em> | |
[--add] [--remove | --force-remove] [--replace] | |
[--refresh] [-q] [--unmerged] [--ignore-missing] | |
[(--cacheinfo <mode>,<object>,<file>)…] | |
[--chmod=(+|-)x] | |
[--[no-]assume-unchanged] | |
[--[no-]skip-worktree] | |
[--ignore-submodules] | |
[--[no-]split-index] | |
[--[no-|test-|force-]untracked-cache] | |
[--really-refresh] [--unresolve] [--again | -g] | |
[--info-only] [--index-info] | |
[-z] [--stdin] [--index-version <n>] | |
[--verbose] | |
[--] [<file>…]</pre> | |
<div class="attribution"> | |
</div></div> | |
</div> | |
</div> | |
<div class="sect1"> | |
<h2 id="_description">DESCRIPTION</h2> | |
<div class="sectionbody"> | |
<div class="paragraph"><p>Modifies the index or directory cache. Each file mentioned is updated | |
into the index and any <em>unmerged</em> or <em>needs updating</em> state is | |
cleared.</p></div> | |
<div class="paragraph"><p>See also <a href="git-add.html">git-add(1)</a> for a more user-friendly way to do some of | |
the most common operations on the index.</p></div> | |
<div class="paragraph"><p>The way <em>git update-index</em> handles files it is told about can be modified | |
using the various options:</p></div> | |
</div> | |
</div> | |
<div class="sect1"> | |
<h2 id="_options">OPTIONS</h2> | |
<div class="sectionbody"> | |
<div class="dlist"><dl> | |
<dt class="hdlist1"> | |
--add | |
</dt> | |
<dd> | |
<p> | |
If a specified file isn’t in the index already then it’s | |
added. | |
Default behaviour is to ignore new files. | |
</p> | |
</dd> | |
<dt class="hdlist1"> | |
--remove | |
</dt> | |
<dd> | |
<p> | |
If a specified file is in the index but is missing then it’s | |
removed. | |
Default behavior is to ignore removed file. | |
</p> | |
</dd> | |
<dt class="hdlist1"> | |
--refresh | |
</dt> | |
<dd> | |
<p> | |
Looks at the current index and checks to see if merges or | |
updates are needed by checking stat() information. | |
</p> | |
</dd> | |
<dt class="hdlist1"> | |
-q | |
</dt> | |
<dd> | |
<p> | |
Quiet. If --refresh finds that the index needs an update, the | |
default behavior is to error out. This option makes | |
<em>git update-index</em> continue anyway. | |
</p> | |
</dd> | |
<dt class="hdlist1"> | |
--ignore-submodules | |
</dt> | |
<dd> | |
<p> | |
Do not try to update submodules. This option is only respected | |
when passed before --refresh. | |
</p> | |
</dd> | |
<dt class="hdlist1"> | |
--unmerged | |
</dt> | |
<dd> | |
<p> | |
If --refresh finds unmerged changes in the index, the default | |
behavior is to error out. This option makes <em>git update-index</em> | |
continue anyway. | |
</p> | |
</dd> | |
<dt class="hdlist1"> | |
--ignore-missing | |
</dt> | |
<dd> | |
<p> | |
Ignores missing files during a --refresh | |
</p> | |
</dd> | |
<dt class="hdlist1"> | |
--cacheinfo <mode>,<object>,<path> | |
</dt> | |
<dt class="hdlist1"> | |
--cacheinfo <mode> <object> <path> | |
</dt> | |
<dd> | |
<p> | |
Directly insert the specified info into the index. For | |
backward compatibility, you can also give these three | |
arguments as three separate parameters, but new users are | |
encouraged to use a single-parameter form. | |
</p> | |
</dd> | |
<dt class="hdlist1"> | |
--index-info | |
</dt> | |
<dd> | |
<p> | |
Read index information from stdin. | |
</p> | |
</dd> | |
<dt class="hdlist1"> | |
--chmod=(+|-)x | |
</dt> | |
<dd> | |
<p> | |
Set the execute permissions on the updated files. | |
</p> | |
</dd> | |
<dt class="hdlist1"> | |
--[no-]assume-unchanged | |
</dt> | |
<dd> | |
<p> | |
When this flag is specified, the object names recorded | |
for the paths are not updated. Instead, this option | |
sets/unsets the "assume unchanged" bit for the | |
paths. When the "assume unchanged" bit is on, the user | |
promises not to change the file and allows Git to assume | |
that the working tree file matches what is recorded in | |
the index. If you want to change the working tree file, | |
you need to unset the bit to tell Git. This is | |
sometimes helpful when working with a big project on a | |
filesystem that has very slow lstat(2) system call | |
(e.g. cifs). | |
</p> | |
<div class="paragraph"><p>Git will fail (gracefully) in case it needs to modify this file | |
in the index e.g. when merging in a commit; | |
thus, in case the assumed-untracked file is changed upstream, | |
you will need to handle the situation manually.</p></div> | |
</dd> | |
<dt class="hdlist1"> | |
--really-refresh | |
</dt> | |
<dd> | |
<p> | |
Like <code>--refresh</code>, but checks stat information unconditionally, | |
without regard to the "assume unchanged" setting. | |
</p> | |
</dd> | |
<dt class="hdlist1"> | |
--[no-]skip-worktree | |
</dt> | |
<dd> | |
<p> | |
When one of these flags is specified, the object name recorded | |
for the paths are not updated. Instead, these options | |
set and unset the "skip-worktree" bit for the paths. See | |
section "Skip-worktree bit" below for more information. | |
</p> | |
</dd> | |
<dt class="hdlist1"> | |
-g | |
</dt> | |
<dt class="hdlist1"> | |
--again | |
</dt> | |
<dd> | |
<p> | |
Runs <em>git update-index</em> itself on the paths whose index | |
entries are different from those from the <code>HEAD</code> commit. | |
</p> | |
</dd> | |
<dt class="hdlist1"> | |
--unresolve | |
</dt> | |
<dd> | |
<p> | |
Restores the <em>unmerged</em> or <em>needs updating</em> state of a | |
file during a merge if it was cleared by accident. | |
</p> | |
</dd> | |
<dt class="hdlist1"> | |
--info-only | |
</dt> | |
<dd> | |
<p> | |
Do not create objects in the object database for all | |
<file> arguments that follow this flag; just insert | |
their object IDs into the index. | |
</p> | |
</dd> | |
<dt class="hdlist1"> | |
--force-remove | |
</dt> | |
<dd> | |
<p> | |
Remove the file from the index even when the working directory | |
still has such a file. (Implies --remove.) | |
</p> | |
</dd> | |
<dt class="hdlist1"> | |
--replace | |
</dt> | |
<dd> | |
<p> | |
By default, when a file <code>path</code> exists in the index, | |
<em>git update-index</em> refuses an attempt to add <code>path/file</code>. | |
Similarly if a file <code>path/file</code> exists, a file <code>path</code> | |
cannot be added. With --replace flag, existing entries | |
that conflict with the entry being added are | |
automatically removed with warning messages. | |
</p> | |
</dd> | |
<dt class="hdlist1"> | |
--stdin | |
</dt> | |
<dd> | |
<p> | |
Instead of taking list of paths from the command line, | |
read list of paths from the standard input. Paths are | |
separated by LF (i.e. one path per line) by default. | |
</p> | |
</dd> | |
<dt class="hdlist1"> | |
--verbose | |
</dt> | |
<dd> | |
<p> | |
Report what is being added and removed from index. | |
</p> | |
</dd> | |
<dt class="hdlist1"> | |
--index-version <n> | |
</dt> | |
<dd> | |
<p> | |
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 | |
<code>git add -N</code>. | |
</p> | |
<div class="paragraph"><p>Version 4 performs a simple pathname compression that reduces index | |
size by 30%-50% on large repositories, which results in faster load | |
time. Version 4 is relatively young (first released in in 1.8.0 in | |
October 2012). Other Git implementations such as JGit and libgit2 | |
may not support it yet.</p></div> | |
</dd> | |
<dt class="hdlist1"> | |
-z | |
</dt> | |
<dd> | |
<p> | |
Only meaningful with <code>--stdin</code> or <code>--index-info</code>; paths are | |
separated with NUL character instead of LF. | |
</p> | |
</dd> | |
<dt class="hdlist1"> | |
--split-index | |
</dt> | |
<dt class="hdlist1"> | |
--no-split-index | |
</dt> | |
<dd> | |
<p> | |
Enable or disable split index mode. If enabled, the index is | |
split into two files, $GIT_DIR/index and $GIT_DIR/sharedindex.<SHA-1>. | |
Changes are accumulated in $GIT_DIR/index while the shared | |
index file contains all index entries stays unchanged. If | |
split-index mode is already enabled and <code>--split-index</code> is | |
given again, all changes in $GIT_DIR/index are pushed back to | |
the shared index file. This mode is designed for very large | |
indexes that take a significant amount of time to read or write. | |
</p> | |
</dd> | |
<dt class="hdlist1"> | |
--untracked-cache | |
</dt> | |
<dt class="hdlist1"> | |
--no-untracked-cache | |
</dt> | |
<dd> | |
<p> | |
Enable or disable untracked cache feature. Please use | |
<code>--test-untracked-cache</code> before enabling it. | |
</p> | |
<div class="paragraph"><p>These options take effect whatever the value of the <code>core.untrackedCache</code> | |
configuration variable (see <a href="git-config.html">git-config(1)</a>). But a warning is | |
emitted when the change goes against the configured value, as the | |
configured value will take effect next time the index is read and this | |
will remove the intended effect of the option.</p></div> | |
</dd> | |
<dt class="hdlist1"> | |
--test-untracked-cache | |
</dt> | |
<dd> | |
<p> | |
Only perform tests on the working directory to make sure | |
untracked cache can be used. You have to manually enable | |
untracked cache using <code>--untracked-cache</code> or | |
<code>--force-untracked-cache</code> or the <code>core.untrackedCache</code> | |
configuration variable afterwards if you really want to use | |
it. If a test fails the exit code is 1 and a message | |
explains what is not working as needed, otherwise the exit | |
code is 0 and OK is printed. | |
</p> | |
</dd> | |
<dt class="hdlist1"> | |
--force-untracked-cache | |
</dt> | |
<dd> | |
<p> | |
Same as <code>--untracked-cache</code>. Provided for backwards | |
compatibility with older versions of Git where | |
<code>--untracked-cache</code> used to imply <code>--test-untracked-cache</code> but | |
this option would enable the extension unconditionally. | |
</p> | |
</dd> | |
<dt class="hdlist1"> | |
-- | |
</dt> | |
<dd> | |
<p> | |
Do not interpret any more arguments as options. | |
</p> | |
</dd> | |
<dt class="hdlist1"> | |
<file> | |
</dt> | |
<dd> | |
<p> | |
Files to act on. | |
Note that files beginning with <em>.</em> are discarded. This includes | |
<code>./file</code> and <code>dir/./file</code>. If you don’t want this, then use | |
cleaner names. | |
The same applies to directories ending <em>/</em> and paths with <em>//</em> | |
</p> | |
</dd> | |
</dl></div> | |
</div> | |
</div> | |
<div class="sect1"> | |
<h2 id="_using_refresh">Using --refresh</h2> | |
<div class="sectionbody"> | |
<div class="paragraph"><p><code>--refresh</code> does not calculate a new sha1 file or bring the index | |
up-to-date for mode/content changes. But what it <strong>does</strong> do is to | |
"re-match" the stat information of a file with the index, so that you | |
can refresh the index for a file that hasn’t been changed but where | |
the stat entry is out of date.</p></div> | |
<div class="paragraph"><p>For example, you’d want to do this after doing a <em>git read-tree</em>, to link | |
up the stat index details with the proper files.</p></div> | |
</div> | |
</div> | |
<div class="sect1"> | |
<h2 id="_using_cacheinfo_or_info_only">Using --cacheinfo or --info-only</h2> | |
<div class="sectionbody"> | |
<div class="paragraph"><p><code>--cacheinfo</code> is used to register a file that is not in the | |
current working directory. This is useful for minimum-checkout | |
merging.</p></div> | |
<div class="paragraph"><p>To pretend you have a file with mode and sha1 at path, say:</p></div> | |
<div class="listingblock"> | |
<div class="content"> | |
<pre><code>$ git update-index --cacheinfo <mode>,<sha1>,<path></code></pre> | |
</div></div> | |
<div class="paragraph"><p><code>--info-only</code> is used to register files without placing them in the object | |
database. This is useful for status-only repositories.</p></div> | |
<div class="paragraph"><p>Both <code>--cacheinfo</code> and <code>--info-only</code> behave similarly: the index is updated | |
but the object database isn’t. <code>--cacheinfo</code> is useful when the object is | |
in the database but the file isn’t available locally. <code>--info-only</code> is | |
useful when the file is available, but you do not wish to update the | |
object database.</p></div> | |
</div> | |
</div> | |
<div class="sect1"> | |
<h2 id="_using_index_info">Using --index-info</h2> | |
<div class="sectionbody"> | |
<div class="paragraph"><p><code>--index-info</code> is a more powerful mechanism that lets you feed | |
multiple entry definitions from the standard input, and designed | |
specifically for scripts. It can take inputs of three formats:</p></div> | |
<div class="olist arabic"><ol class="arabic"> | |
<li> | |
<p> | |
mode SP sha1 TAB path | |
</p> | |
<div class="paragraph"><p>The first format is what "git-apply --index-info" | |
reports, and used to reconstruct a partial tree | |
that is used for phony merge base tree when falling | |
back on 3-way merge.</p></div> | |
</li> | |
<li> | |
<p> | |
mode SP type SP sha1 TAB path | |
</p> | |
<div class="paragraph"><p>The second format is to stuff <em>git ls-tree</em> output | |
into the index file.</p></div> | |
</li> | |
<li> | |
<p> | |
mode SP sha1 SP stage TAB path | |
</p> | |
<div class="paragraph"><p>This format is to put higher order stages into the | |
index file and matches <em>git ls-files --stage</em> output.</p></div> | |
</li> | |
</ol></div> | |
<div class="paragraph"><p>To place a higher stage entry to the index, the path should | |
first be removed by feeding a mode=0 entry for the path, and | |
then feeding necessary input lines in the third format.</p></div> | |
<div class="paragraph"><p>For example, starting with this index:</p></div> | |
<div class="listingblock"> | |
<div class="content"> | |
<pre><code>$ git ls-files -s | |
100644 8a1218a1024a212bb3db30becd860315f9f3ac52 0 frotz</code></pre> | |
</div></div> | |
<div class="paragraph"><p>you can feed the following input to <code>--index-info</code>:</p></div> | |
<div class="listingblock"> | |
<div class="content"> | |
<pre><code>$ git update-index --index-info | |
0 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 frotz | |
100644 8a1218a1024a212bb3db30becd860315f9f3ac52 1 frotz | |
100755 8a1218a1024a212bb3db30becd860315f9f3ac52 2 frotz</code></pre> | |
</div></div> | |
<div class="paragraph"><p>The first line of the input feeds 0 as the mode to remove the | |
path; the SHA-1 does not matter as long as it is well formatted. | |
Then the second and third line feeds stage 1 and stage 2 entries | |
for that path. After the above, we would end up with this:</p></div> | |
<div class="listingblock"> | |
<div class="content"> | |
<pre><code>$ git ls-files -s | |
100644 8a1218a1024a212bb3db30becd860315f9f3ac52 1 frotz | |
100755 8a1218a1024a212bb3db30becd860315f9f3ac52 2 frotz</code></pre> | |
</div></div> | |
</div> | |
</div> | |
<div class="sect1"> | |
<h2 id="_using_8220_assume_unchanged_8221_bit">Using “assume unchanged” bit</h2> | |
<div class="sectionbody"> | |
<div class="paragraph"><p>Many operations in Git depend on your filesystem to have an | |
efficient <code>lstat(2)</code> implementation, so that <code>st_mtime</code> | |
information for working tree files can be cheaply checked to see | |
if the file contents have changed from the version recorded in | |
the index file. Unfortunately, some filesystems have | |
inefficient <code>lstat(2)</code>. If your filesystem is one of them, you | |
can set "assume unchanged" bit to paths you have not changed to | |
cause Git not to do this check. Note that setting this bit on a | |
path does not mean Git will check the contents of the file to | |
see if it has changed — it makes Git to omit any checking and | |
assume it has <strong>not</strong> changed. When you make changes to working | |
tree files, you have to explicitly tell Git about it by dropping | |
"assume unchanged" bit, either before or after you modify them.</p></div> | |
<div class="paragraph"><p>In order to set "assume unchanged" bit, use <code>--assume-unchanged</code> | |
option. To unset, use <code>--no-assume-unchanged</code>. To see which files | |
have the "assume unchanged" bit set, use <code>git ls-files -v</code> | |
(see <a href="git-ls-files.html">git-ls-files(1)</a>).</p></div> | |
<div class="paragraph"><p>The command looks at <code>core.ignorestat</code> configuration variable. When | |
this is true, paths updated with <code>git update-index paths...</code> and | |
paths updated with other Git commands that update both index and | |
working tree (e.g. <em>git apply --index</em>, <em>git checkout-index -u</em>, | |
and <em>git read-tree -u</em>) are automatically marked as "assume | |
unchanged". Note that "assume unchanged" bit is <strong>not</strong> set if | |
<code>git update-index --refresh</code> finds the working tree file matches | |
the index (use <code>git update-index --really-refresh</code> if you want | |
to mark them as "assume unchanged").</p></div> | |
</div> | |
</div> | |
<div class="sect1"> | |
<h2 id="_examples">Examples</h2> | |
<div class="sectionbody"> | |
<div class="paragraph"><p>To update and refresh only the files already checked out:</p></div> | |
<div class="listingblock"> | |
<div class="content"> | |
<pre><code>$ git checkout-index -n -f -a && git update-index --ignore-missing --refresh</code></pre> | |
</div></div> | |
<div class="dlist"><dl> | |
<dt class="hdlist1"> | |
On an inefficient filesystem with <code>core.ignorestat</code> set | |
</dt> | |
<dd> | |
<div class="listingblock"> | |
<div class="content"> | |
<pre><code>$ git update-index --really-refresh <b><1></b> | |
$ git update-index --no-assume-unchanged foo.c <b><2></b> | |
$ git diff --name-only <b><3></b> | |
$ edit foo.c | |
$ git diff --name-only <b><4></b> | |
M foo.c | |
$ git update-index foo.c <b><5></b> | |
$ git diff --name-only <b><6></b> | |
$ edit foo.c | |
$ git diff --name-only <b><7></b> | |
$ git update-index --no-assume-unchanged foo.c <b><8></b> | |
$ git diff --name-only <b><9></b> | |
M foo.c</code></pre> | |
</div></div> | |
<div class="colist arabic"><ol> | |
<li> | |
<p> | |
forces lstat(2) to set "assume unchanged" bits for paths that match index. | |
</p> | |
</li> | |
<li> | |
<p> | |
mark the path to be edited. | |
</p> | |
</li> | |
<li> | |
<p> | |
this does lstat(2) and finds index matches the path. | |
</p> | |
</li> | |
<li> | |
<p> | |
this does lstat(2) and finds index does <strong>not</strong> match the path. | |
</p> | |
</li> | |
<li> | |
<p> | |
registering the new version to index sets "assume unchanged" bit. | |
</p> | |
</li> | |
<li> | |
<p> | |
and it is assumed unchanged. | |
</p> | |
</li> | |
<li> | |
<p> | |
even after you edit it. | |
</p> | |
</li> | |
<li> | |
<p> | |
you can tell about the change after the fact. | |
</p> | |
</li> | |
<li> | |
<p> | |
now it checks with lstat(2) and finds it has been changed. | |
</p> | |
</li> | |
</ol></div> | |
</dd> | |
</dl></div> | |
</div> | |
</div> | |
<div class="sect1"> | |
<h2 id="_skip_worktree_bit">Skip-worktree bit</h2> | |
<div class="sectionbody"> | |
<div class="paragraph"><p>Skip-worktree bit can be defined in one (long) sentence: When reading | |
an entry, if it is marked as skip-worktree, then Git pretends its | |
working directory version is up to date and read the index version | |
instead.</p></div> | |
<div class="paragraph"><p>To elaborate, "reading" means checking for file existence, reading | |
file attributes or file content. The working directory version may be | |
present or absent. If present, its content may match against the index | |
version or not. Writing is not affected by this bit, content safety | |
is still first priority. Note that Git <em>can</em> update working directory | |
file, that is marked skip-worktree, if it is safe to do so (i.e. | |
working directory version matches index version)</p></div> | |
<div class="paragraph"><p>Although this bit looks similar to assume-unchanged bit, its goal is | |
different from assume-unchanged bit’s. Skip-worktree also takes | |
precedence over assume-unchanged bit when both are set.</p></div> | |
</div> | |
</div> | |
<div class="sect1"> | |
<h2 id="_untracked_cache">Untracked cache</h2> | |
<div class="sectionbody"> | |
<div class="paragraph"><p>This cache is meant to speed up commands that involve determining | |
untracked files such as <code>git status</code>.</p></div> | |
<div class="paragraph"><p>This feature works by recording the mtime of the working tree | |
directories and then omitting reading directories and stat calls | |
against files in those directories whose mtime hasn’t changed. For | |
this to work the underlying operating system and file system must | |
change the <code>st_mtime</code> field of directories if files in the directory | |
are added, modified or deleted.</p></div> | |
<div class="paragraph"><p>You can test whether the filesystem supports that with the | |
<code>--test-untracked-cache</code> option. The <code>--untracked-cache</code> option used | |
to implicitly perform that test in older versions of Git, but that’s | |
no longer the case.</p></div> | |
<div class="paragraph"><p>If you want to enable (or disable) this feature, it is easier to use | |
the <code>core.untrackedCache</code> configuration variable (see | |
<a href="git-config.html">git-config(1)</a>) than using the <code>--untracked-cache</code> option to | |
<code>git update-index</code> in each repository, especially if you want to do so | |
across all repositories you use, because you can set the configuration | |
variable to <code>true</code> (or <code>false</code>) in your <code>$HOME/.gitconfig</code> just once | |
and have it affect all repositories you touch.</p></div> | |
<div class="paragraph"><p>When the <code>core.untrackedCache</code> configuration variable is changed, the | |
untracked cache is added to or removed from the index the next time a | |
command reads the index; while when <code>--[no-|force-]untracked-cache</code> | |
are used, the untracked cache is immediately added to or removed from | |
the index.</p></div> | |
</div> | |
</div> | |
<div class="sect1"> | |
<h2 id="_configuration">Configuration</h2> | |
<div class="sectionbody"> | |
<div class="paragraph"><p>The command honors <code>core.filemode</code> configuration variable. If | |
your repository is on a filesystem whose executable bits are | |
unreliable, this should be set to <em>false</em> (see <a href="git-config.html">git-config(1)</a>). | |
This causes the command to ignore differences in file modes recorded | |
in the index and the file mode on the filesystem if they differ only on | |
executable bit. On such an unfortunate filesystem, you may | |
need to use <em>git update-index --chmod=</em>.</p></div> | |
<div class="paragraph"><p>Quite similarly, if <code>core.symlinks</code> configuration variable is set | |
to <em>false</em> (see <a href="git-config.html">git-config(1)</a>), symbolic links are checked out | |
as plain files, and this command does not modify a recorded file mode | |
from symbolic link to regular file.</p></div> | |
<div class="paragraph"><p>The command looks at <code>core.ignorestat</code> configuration variable. See | |
<em>Using "assume unchanged" bit</em> section above.</p></div> | |
<div class="paragraph"><p>The command also looks at <code>core.trustctime</code> configuration variable. | |
It can be useful when the inode change time is regularly modified by | |
something outside Git (file system crawlers and backup systems use | |
ctime for marking files processed) (see <a href="git-config.html">git-config(1)</a>).</p></div> | |
<div class="paragraph"><p>The untracked cache extension can be enabled by the | |
<code>core.untrackedCache</code> configuration variable (see | |
<a href="git-config.html">git-config(1)</a>).</p></div> | |
</div> | |
</div> | |
<div class="sect1"> | |
<h2 id="_see_also">SEE ALSO</h2> | |
<div class="sectionbody"> | |
<div class="paragraph"><p><a href="git-config.html">git-config(1)</a>, | |
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