X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fgit-status.txt;h=8fd0fc62368611bee25b4bbc3becef853937ff2c;hb=7481ebe9918771a9269c7fd0e91e855f18f2bc52;hp=1fd1af102ae948ca008bbd35675d859340e46dbd;hpb=1b2782a5e2f88bf5e6e2cbb58e54fea015e21af5;p=git.git diff --git a/Documentation/git-status.txt b/Documentation/git-status.txt index 1fd1af102..8fd0fc623 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-status.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-status.txt @@ -27,6 +27,13 @@ The command takes the same set of options as `git-commit`; it shows what would be committed if the same options are given to `git-commit`. +If any paths have been touched in the working tree (that is, +their modification times have changed) but their contents and +permissions are identical to those in the index file, the command +updates the index file. Running `git-status` can thus speed up +subsequent operations such as `git-diff` if the working tree +contains many paths that have been touched but not modified. + OUTPUT ------ @@ -58,4 +65,3 @@ Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list