From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Junio C Hamano Subject: Re: What exactly does 'needs update' mean? Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2010 23:06:26 -0700 Message-ID: <7vk4manyql.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> References: <4C9D8643.1040001@workspacewhiz.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: "git\@vger.kernel.org" To: Joshua Jensen X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sat Sep 25 08:09:55 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OzNxH-0001hy-8i for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Sat, 25 Sep 2010 08:09:51 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756019Ab0IYGGg (ORCPT ); Sat, 25 Sep 2010 02:06:36 -0400 Received: from a-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com ([208.72.237.25]:44236 "EHLO sasl.smtp.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754788Ab0IYGGf (ORCPT ); Sat, 25 Sep 2010 02:06:35 -0400 Received: from sasl.smtp.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by a-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E77D8D97B6; Sat, 25 Sep 2010 02:06:32 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=to:cc:subject :references:from:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=sasl; bh=p+TRUS9GON/C4v3VkysvYYJMyLQ=; b=gza0XQ oJ2JELfkbUsFXZv+FxNAYjv/1bRceX9iAAGIwoxHJaFFMY2a/GuyZqo8QUGMUHtr aGsQ2/JKfI/RojybMA31R7wGFReJ5KEUji3AlTANaUobzbUaiLYyfJDhuVzemho/ 5s+GRs8wa9sQmQVaFb92nH1VjATLjE7emvLjA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=to:cc:subject :references:from:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; q=dns; s=sasl; b=yDTitIhfwPLSjVWHt+C6uyVKzukQLxHp ynux/URco37EAcoM6X6SEwif8dVYsvir5jPjmzMWwoq3++4GOzqrxSRmfhln6NRl TnwHI9pZwfRFXBWb+V4rQHtuTgk+z/U/pec+Z5aWGWrUBqGbNJWljdSJTA+u0JFr D9hxxzifVcc= Received: from a-pb-sasl-quonix. (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by a-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4448D97B3; Sat, 25 Sep 2010 02:06:30 -0400 (EDT) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [76.102.252.155]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by a-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2E9BCD97A4; Sat, 25 Sep 2010 02:06:28 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <4C9D8643.1040001@workspacewhiz.com> (Joshua Jensen's message of "Fri\, 24 Sep 2010 23\:18\:59 -0600") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.2 (gnu/linux) X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 0A823786-C86B-11DF-96B3-030CEE7EF46B-77302942!a-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Joshua Jensen writes: > I've come to accept the term 'needs update' when I've forgotten to > stash or commit before certain Git operations. However, I got > cornered today and was asked to explain what it means. I had to admit > I don't know. It came from "you need to run update-index on that path, as you have local modification in the working tree".