git-write-tree.txt

git-write-tree(1)
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NAME
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git-write-tree - Create a tree object from the current index


SYNOPSIS
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'git-write-tree' [--missing-ok] [--prefix=<prefix>/]

DESCRIPTION
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Creates a tree object using the current index.

The index must be in a fully merged state.

Conceptually, `git-write-tree` sync()s the current index contents
into a set of tree files.
In order to have that match what is actually in your directory right
now, you need to have done a `git-update-index` phase before you did the
`git-write-tree`.


OPTIONS
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--missing-ok::
Normally `git-write-tree` ensures that the objects referenced by the
directory exist in the object database. This option disables this
check.

--prefix=<prefix>/::
Writes a tree object that represents a subdirectory
`<prefix>`. This can be used to write the tree object
for a subproject that is in the named subdirectory.


Author
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Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

Documentation
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Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.

GIT
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Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite