API for updating hash and size in dvc.lock file due to changes that'd have no effect on dvc DAG about dvc HOT 4 CLOSED

The help message needs to be updated. Looking at the git blame, it hasn't been updated for four years. 😄

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Have you tried dvc commit? It force synchronizes your workspace to dvc.lock without actually running the stages.

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@skshetry Ah, thank you! I misunderstood the help text of dvc commit. It says "Record changes [...] by storing the current versions in the cache." So I assumed this was for only updating things in .dvc/cache and didn't even think to try it.

But you're right, this does exactly what I want. Thank you.

Edit: It looks like the documentation on the website is much clearer about the use cases, but I did not check there.

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@skshetry Do you think I should reopen this as a request to update the help message for dvc commit?

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