6 git-write-tree - Create a tree object from the current index
11 'git-write-tree' [--missing-ok] [--prefix=<prefix>/]
15 Creates a tree object using the current index.
17 The index must be in a fully merged state.
19 Conceptually, `git-write-tree` sync()s the current index contents
20 into a set of tree files.
21 In order to have that match what is actually in your directory right
22 now, you need to have done a `git-update-index` phase before you did the
29 Normally `git-write-tree` ensures that the objects referenced by the
30 directory exist in the object database. This option disables this
34 Writes a tree object that represents a subdirectory
35 `<prefix>`. This can be used to write the tree object
36 for a subproject that is in the named subdirectory.
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 linkgit:git[1] suite