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authorJ. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu>2007-04-16 00:37:11 -0400
committerJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2007-04-16 01:10:28 -0700
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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>
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-checkout.txt9
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
index f5b2d5017..b889688b4 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