From 40c8279f9b4f1c37f5e994c1c053b69446133559 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "J. Bruce Fields" Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 00:37:11 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Documentation: clarify git-checkout -f, minor editing "Force a re-read of everything" doesn't mean much to me. Also some minor grammar fixes. Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/git-checkout.txt | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt index f5b2d5017b..b889688b40 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt @@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ options, which will be passed to `git branch`. When are given, this command does *not* switch branches. It updates the named paths in the working tree from -the index file (i.e. it runs `git-checkout-index -f -u`), or a -named commit. In -this case, `-f` and `-b` options are meaningless and giving +the index file (i.e. it runs `git-checkout-index -f -u`), or +from a named commit. In +this case, the `-f` and `-b` options are meaningless and giving either of them results in an error. argument can be used to specify a specific tree-ish (i.e. commit, tag or tree) to update the index for the given paths before updating the @@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ OPTIONS Quiet, supress feedback messages. -f:: - Force a re-read of everything. + Proceed even if the index or the working tree differs + from HEAD. This is used to throw away local changes. -b:: Create a new branch named and start it at -- 2.11.4.GIT