7 git-check-files - Verify a list of files are up-to-date
13 'git-check-files' <file>...
17 Check that a list of files are up-to-date between the filesystem and
18 the cache. Used to verify a patch target before doing a patch.
20 Files that do not exist on the filesystem are considered up-to-date
21 (whether or not they are in the cache).
23 Emits an error message on failure:
25 preparing to update existing file <file> not in cache::
26 <file> exists but is not in the cache
28 preparing to update file <file> not uptodate in cache::
29 <file> on disk is not up-to-date with the cache
31 Exits with a status code indicating success if all files are
36 link:git-update-cache.html[git-update-cache]
41 Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
45 Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
49 Part of the link:git.html[git] suite