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| author | Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> | 2006-12-27 02:43:46 -0800 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> | 2006-12-27 02:43:46 -0800 |
| commit | 37818d7db070f67a20df58ac7d5e04cc63ef1867 (patch) | |
| tree | 1b1b2b71afab1c4ad29666f56fa8d2560b7855c6 /Documentation/git-read-tree.txt | |
| parent | 4bcb310c2539b66d535e87508d1b7a90fe29c083 (diff) | |
| parent | ae72f685418b79bbd67e1017c5b1ac7d731c042e (diff) | |
| download | git-37818d7db070f67a20df58ac7d5e04cc63ef1867.tar.gz | |
Merge branch 'master' into js/shallow
This is to adjust to:
count-objects -v: show number of packs as well.
which will break a test in this series.
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt index 11bd9c0adc..0ff2890c7f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-read-tree - Reads tree information into the index SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-read-tree' (<tree-ish> | [[-m [--aggressive] | --reset | --prefix=<prefix>] [-u | -i]] <tree-ish1> [<tree-ish2> [<tree-ish3>]]) +'git-read-tree' (<tree-ish> | [[-m [--aggressive] | --reset | --prefix=<prefix>] [-u | -i]] [--exclude-per-directory=<gitignore>] <tree-ish1> [<tree-ish2> [<tree-ish3>]]) DESCRIPTION @@ -71,6 +71,20 @@ OPTIONS directory. Note that the `<prefix>/` value must end with a slash. +--exclude-per-directory=<gitignore>:: + When running the command with `-u` and `-m` options, the + merge result may need to overwrite paths that are not + tracked in the current branch. The command usually + refuses to proceed with the merge to avoid losing such a + path. However this safety valve sometimes gets in the + way. For example, it often happens that the other + branch added a file that used to be a generated file in + your branch, and the safety valve triggers when you try + to switch to that branch after you ran `make` but before + running `make clean` to remove the generated file. This + option tells the command to read per-directory exclude + file (usually '.gitignore') and allows such an untracked + but explicitly ignored file to be overwritten. <tree-ish#>:: The id of the tree object(s) to be read/merged. |