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authorJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2006-12-05 23:44:23 -0800
committerJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2006-12-05 23:44:23 -0800
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read-tree: document --exclude-per-directory
This documents the new option to read-tree that is used for the improved "branch switching" code. 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
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@@ -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.