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git-check-files(1)
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v0.1, May 2005
NAME
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git-check-files - Verify a list of files are up-to-date
SYNOPSIS
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'git-check-files' <file>...
DESCRIPTION
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Check that a list of files are up-to-date between the filesystem and
the cache. Used to verify a patch target before doing a patch.
Files that do not exist on the filesystem are considered up-to-date
(whether or not they are in the cache).
Emits an error message on failure:
preparing to update existing file <file> not in cache::
<file> exists but is not in the cache
preparing to update file <file> not uptodate in cache::
<file> on disk is not up-to-date with the cache
Exits with a status code indicating success if all files are
up-to-date.
See Also
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link:git-update-cache.html[git-update-cache]
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 link:git.html[git] suite