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diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout-index.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout-index.txt index 613dfab..589dc9a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-checkout-index.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-checkout-index.txt @@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ OPTIONS forces overwrite of existing files -a:: - checks out all files in the cache (will then continue to - process listed files). + checks out all files in the cache. Cannot be used + together with explicit filenames. -n:: Don't checkout new files, only refresh files already checked @@ -43,15 +43,9 @@ OPTIONS --:: Do not interpret any more arguments as options. -Note that the order of the flags matters: +The order of the flags used to matter, but not anymore. - git-checkout-index -a -f file.c - -will first check out all files listed in the cache (but not overwrite -any old ones), and then force-checkout `file.c` a second time (ie that -one *will* overwrite any old contents with the same filename). - -Also, just doing "git-checkout-index" does nothing. You probably meant +Just doing "git-checkout-index" does nothing. You probably meant "git-checkout-index -a". And if you want to force it, you want "git-checkout-index -f -a". @@ -77,12 +71,12 @@ scripting!). The prefix ability basically makes it trivial to use git-checkout-index as an "export as tree" function. Just read the desired tree into the index, and do a - + git-checkout-index --prefix=git-export-dir/ -a - + and git-checkout-index will "export" the cache into the specified directory. - + NOTE The final "/" is important. The exported name is literally just prefixed with the specified string, so you can also do something like |