# git-write-tree

git-write-tree(1) =================

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

SYNOPSIS --------

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

DESCRIPTION ----------- Creates a tree object using the current index. The name of the new tree object is printed to standard output.

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 ------- `--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.

GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git\[1\] suite