Re: [PATCH] gitk: refresh the index before running diff-files

 gitk | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gitk b/gitk
index 379582a..561be23 100755
--- a/gitk
+++ b/gitk

@@ -5112,6 +5112,14 @@ proc dodiffindex {} {
     filerun $fd [list readdiffindex $fd $lserial $i]
 }
 
+proc refresh_index {} {
+    global need_index_refresh
+    if { $need_index_refresh } {
+	exec sh -c "git update-index --refresh >/dev/null 2>&1 || true"
+	set need_index_refresh false
+    }
+}
+
 proc readdiffindex {fd serial inst} {
     global viewmainheadid nullid nullid2 curview commitinfo commitdata lserial
     global vfilelimit

@@ -5131,6 +5139,7 @@ proc readdiffindex {fd serial inst} {
     }
 
     # now see if there are any local changes not checked in to the index
+    refresh_index
     set cmd "|git diff-files"
     if {$vfilelimit($curview) ne {}} {
 	set cmd [concat $cmd -- $vfilelimit($curview)]

@@ -11670,6 +11679,7 @@ set want_ttk 1
 set autosellen 40
 set perfile_attrs 0
 set want_ttk 1
+set need_index_refresh true
 
 if {[tk windowingsystem] eq "aqua"} {
     set extdifftool "opendiff"