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Merge branch 'po/doc-assume-unchanged'

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Fixes long-standing misunderstanding of what assume-unchanged is
about.  Some text near what is removed by the bottom patch may also
have to be removed.

* po/doc-assume-unchanged:
  gitignore.txt: do not suggest assume-unchanged
  doc: make clear --assume-unchanged's user contract
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Junio C Hamano 2014-12-22 12:27:38 -08:00
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Documentation/git-update-index.txt
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@ -82,20 +82,18 @@ OPTIONS
Set the execute permissions on the updated files.
--[no-]assume-unchanged::
When these flags are specified, the object names recorded
for the paths are not updated. Instead, these options
set and unset the "assume unchanged" bit for the
paths. When the "assume unchanged" bit is on, Git stops
checking the working tree files for possible
modifications, so you need to manually unset the bit to
tell Git when you change the working tree file. This is
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).
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This option can be also used as a coarse file-level mechanism
to ignore uncommitted changes in tracked files (akin to what
`.gitignore` does for untracked files).
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,

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Documentation/gitignore.txt
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@ -138,9 +138,6 @@ NOTES
The purpose of gitignore files is to ensure that certain files
not tracked by Git remain untracked.
To ignore uncommitted changes in a file that is already tracked,
use 'git update-index {litdd}assume-unchanged'.
To stop tracking a file that is currently tracked, use
'git rm --cached'.
@ -203,7 +200,6 @@ everything within `foo/bar`):
SEE ALSO
--------
linkgit:git-rm[1],
linkgit:git-update-index[1],
linkgit:gitrepository-layout[5],
linkgit:git-check-ignore[1]