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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-checkout.txt | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/gitattributes.txt | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/gitignore.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | builtin-checkout.c | 6 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | t/t7201-co.sh | 2 |
5 files changed, 16 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt index 1a6c19e5c..223ea9cae 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt @@ -126,9 +126,13 @@ the conflicted merge in the specified paths. <new_branch>:: Name for the new branch. +<tree-ish>:: + Tree to checkout from (when paths are given). If not specified, + the index will be used. + <branch>:: - Branch to checkout; may be any object ID that resolves to a - commit. Defaults to HEAD. + Branch to checkout (when no paths are given); may be any object + ID that resolves to a commit. Defaults to HEAD. + When this parameter names a non-branch (but still a valid commit object), your HEAD becomes 'detached'. @@ -191,7 +195,7 @@ $ git checkout hello.c <3> + <1> switch branch <2> take a file out of another commit -<3> restore hello.c from HEAD of current branch +<3> restore hello.c from the index + If you have an unfortunate branch that is named `hello.c`, this step would be confused as an instruction to switch to that branch. diff --git a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt index 55668e345..b762bba75 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt @@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ same as in `.gitignore` files; see linkgit:gitignore[5]. When deciding what attributes are assigned to a path, git consults `$GIT_DIR/info/attributes` file (which has the highest precedence), `.gitattributes` file in the same directory as the -path in question, and its parent directories (the further the -directory that contains `.gitattributes` is from the path in -question, the lower its precedence). +path in question, and its parent directories up to the toplevel of the +work tree (the further the directory that contains `.gitattributes` +is from the path in question, the lower its precedence). If you wish to affect only a single repository (i.e., to assign attributes to files that are particular to one user's workflow), then diff --git a/Documentation/gitignore.txt b/Documentation/gitignore.txt index 59321a2e8..7df3cef46 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitignore.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitignore.txt @@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ precedence, the last matching pattern decides the outcome): * Patterns read from a `.gitignore` file in the same directory as the path, or in any parent directory, with patterns in the - higher level files (up to the root) being overridden by those in - lower level files down to the directory containing the file. + higher level files (up to the toplevel of the work tree) being overridden + by those in lower level files down to the directory containing the file. These patterns match relative to the location of the `.gitignore` file. A project normally includes such `.gitignore` files in its repository, containing patterns for diff --git a/builtin-checkout.c b/builtin-checkout.c index 2e4fe1a45..ee1edd406 100644 --- a/builtin-checkout.c +++ b/builtin-checkout.c @@ -495,10 +495,10 @@ static void update_refs_for_switch(struct checkout_opts *opts, create_symref("HEAD", new->path, msg.buf); if (!opts->quiet) { if (old->path && !strcmp(new->path, old->path)) - fprintf(stderr, "Already on \"%s\"\n", + fprintf(stderr, "Already on '%s'\n", new->name); else - fprintf(stderr, "Switched to%s branch \"%s\"\n", + fprintf(stderr, "Switched to%s branch '%s'\n", opts->new_branch ? " a new" : "", new->name); } @@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ static void update_refs_for_switch(struct checkout_opts *opts, REF_NODEREF, DIE_ON_ERR); if (!opts->quiet) { if (old->path) - fprintf(stderr, "Note: moving to \"%s\" which isn't a local branch\nIf you want to create a new branch from this checkout, you may do so\n(now or later) by using -b with the checkout command again. Example:\n git checkout -b <new_branch_name>\n", new->name); + fprintf(stderr, "Note: moving to '%s' which isn't a local branch\nIf you want to create a new branch from this checkout, you may do so\n(now or later) by using -b with the checkout command again. Example:\n git checkout -b <new_branch_name>\n", new->name); describe_detached_head("HEAD is now at", new->commit); } } diff --git a/t/t7201-co.sh b/t/t7201-co.sh index 0e21632f1..bdb808af1 100755 --- a/t/t7201-co.sh +++ b/t/t7201-co.sh @@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ test_expect_success 'checkout to detach HEAD' ' git checkout -f renamer && git clean -f && git checkout renamer^ 2>messages && (cat >messages.expect <<EOF -Note: moving to "renamer^" which isn'"'"'t a local branch +Note: moving to '\''renamer^'\'' which isn'\''t a local branch If you want to create a new branch from this checkout, you may do so (now or later) by using -b with the checkout command again. Example: git checkout -b <new_branch_name> |