# git write-tree > Low level utility to create a tree object from the current index. > More information: . - Create a tree object from the current index: `git write-tree` - Create a tree object without checking whether objects referenced by the directory exist in the object database: `git write-tree --missing-ok` - Create a tree object that represents a subdirectory (used to write the tree object for a subproject in the named subdirectory): `git write-tree --prefix {{subdirectory}}/`