I'm not really familiar with the read-tree command, nor have I had any use for it the last year of using git :)
I think read-tree is more of a lower level "plumbing" command that normally we do not have so much need for. Maybe you can explain us what you really want to achieve? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Git for human beings" group. To post to this group, send email to git-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to git-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/git-users?hl=en.