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diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt index b1314b5614..37c1810e3f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ SYNOPSIS 'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [-m] [<branch>] 'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [-m] [-b <new_branch>] [<start_point>] 'git checkout' [-f|--ours|--theirs|-m|--conflict=<style>] [<tree-ish>] [--] <paths>... +'git checkout' --patch [<tree-ish>] [--] [<paths>...] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ use the --track or --no-track options, which will be passed to `git branch`. As a convenience, --track without `-b` implies branch creation; see the description of --track below. -When <paths> are given, this command does *not* switch +When <paths> or --patch are given, this command does *not* switch branches. It updates the named paths in the working tree from the index file, or from a named <tree-ish> (most often a commit). In this case, the `-b` and `--track` options are meaningless and giving @@ -115,6 +116,16 @@ the conflicted merge in the specified paths. "merge" (default) and "diff3" (in addition to what is shown by "merge" style, shows the original contents). +-p:: +--patch:: + Interactively select hunks in the difference between the + <tree-ish> (or the index, if unspecified) and the working + tree. The chosen hunks are then applied in reverse to the + working tree (and if a <tree-ish> was specified, the index). ++ +This means that you can use `git checkout -p` to selectively discard +edits from your current working tree. + <branch>:: Branch to checkout; if it refers to a branch (i.e., a name that, when prepended with "refs/heads/", is a valid ref), then that |