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@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
'git read-tree' [[-m [--trivial] [--aggressive] | --reset | --prefix=<prefix>]
- [-u [--exclude-per-directory=<gitignore>] | -i]]
- [--index-output=<file>] [--no-sparse-checkout]
+ [-u | -i]] [--index-output=<file>] [--no-sparse-checkout]
(--empty | <tree-ish1> [<tree-ish2> [<tree-ish3>]])
@@ -39,8 +38,9 @@ OPTIONS
--reset::
Same as -m, except that unmerged entries are discarded instead
- of failing. When used with `-u`, updates leading to loss of
- working tree changes will not abort the operation.
+ of failing. When used with `-u`, updates leading to loss of
+ working tree changes or untracked files or directories will not
+ abort the operation.
-u::
After a successful merge, update the files in the work
@@ -88,21 +88,6 @@ OPTIONS
The command will refuse to overwrite entries that already
existed in the original index file.
---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.
-
--index-output=<file>::
Instead of writing the results out to `$GIT_INDEX_FILE`,
write the resulting index in the named file. While the