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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-checkout.txt11
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
index a9ca2f5..c884862 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [[--track | --no-track] -b <new_branch> [-l]] [-m] [<branch>]
-'git checkout' [-f|--ours|--theirs] [<tree-ish>] [--] <paths>...
+'git checkout' [-f|--ours|--theirs|-m] [<tree-ish>] [--] <paths>...
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ default, if you try to check out such an entry from the index, the
checkout operation will fail and nothing will be checked out.
Using -f will ignore these unmerged entries. The contents from a
specific side of the merge can be checked out of the index by
-using --ours or --theirs.
+using --ours or --theirs. With -m, changes made to the working tree
+file can be discarded to recreate the original conflicted merge result.
OPTIONS
-------
@@ -83,7 +84,8 @@ entries; instead, unmerged entries are ignored.
based sha1 expressions such as "<branchname>@\{yesterday}".
-m::
- If you have local modifications to one or more files that
+ When switching branches,
+ if you have local modifications to one or more files that
are different between the current branch and the branch to
which you are switching, the command refuses to switch
branches in order to preserve your modifications in context.
@@ -95,6 +97,9 @@ When a merge conflict happens, the index entries for conflicting
paths are left unmerged, and you need to resolve the conflicts
and mark the resolved paths with `git add` (or `git rm` if the merge
should result in deletion of the path).
++
+When checking out paths from the index, this option lets you recreate
+the conflicted merge in the specified paths.
<new_branch>::
Name for the new branch.