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| author | J. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu> | 2007-04-16 00:37:11 -0400 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> | 2007-04-16 01:10:28 -0700 |
| commit | 40c8279f9b4f1c37f5e994c1c053b69446133559 (patch) | |
| tree | 7b34344728161f6f51f2b243f3910504752dd190 /Documentation/git-checkout.txt | |
| parent | cb1881c6eeb021102a7a0ae87dbddfd52bf1f04f (diff) | |
| download | git-40c8279f9b4f1c37f5e994c1c053b69446133559.tar.gz | |
Documentation: clarify git-checkout -f, minor editing
"Force a re-read of everything" doesn't mean much to me.
Also some minor grammar fixes.
Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-checkout.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-checkout.txt | 9 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt index f5b2d5017b..b889688b40 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt @@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ options, which will be passed to `git branch`. When <paths> are given, this command does *not* switch branches. It updates the named paths in the working tree from -the index file (i.e. it runs `git-checkout-index -f -u`), or a -named commit. In -this case, `-f` and `-b` options are meaningless and giving +the index file (i.e. it runs `git-checkout-index -f -u`), or +from a named commit. In +this case, the `-f` and `-b` options are meaningless and giving either of them results in an error. <tree-ish> argument can be used to specify a specific tree-ish (i.e. commit, tag or tree) to update the index for the given paths before updating the @@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ OPTIONS Quiet, supress feedback messages. -f:: - Force a re-read of everything. + Proceed even if the index or the working tree differs + from HEAD. This is used to throw away local changes. -b:: Create a new branch named <new_branch> and start it at |