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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-checkout.txt | 9 |
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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 |