t5510: ensure we stay in the toplevel test dir

[git.git] / Documentation / git-read-tree.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt
index 1bd0317a42e587a28ae39b26da38889275bfd058..a43e87448ba035278b58b191ea7c1c04179985a6 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt
@@ -83,11 +83,10 @@ OPTIONS
 
 --prefix=<prefix>/::
        Keep the current index contents, and read the contents
-       of the named tree-ish under the directory at `<prefix>`. The
-       original index file cannot have anything at the path
-       `<prefix>` itself, nor anything in the `<prefix>/`
-       directory.  Note that the `<prefix>/` value must end
-       with a slash.
+       of the named tree-ish under the directory at `<prefix>`.
+       The command will refuse to overwrite entries that already
+       existed in the original index file. Note that the `<prefix>/`
+       value must end with a slash.
 
 --exclude-per-directory=<gitignore>::
        When running the command with `-u` and `-m` options, the
@@ -401,7 +400,7 @@ files are in, you can also specify what files are _not_ in, using
 negate patterns. For example, to remove the file `unwanted`:
 
 ----------------
-*
+/*
 !unwanted
 ----------------
 
@@ -413,7 +412,7 @@ directory with the `$GIT_DIR/info/sparse-checkout` file content as
 follows:
 
 ----------------
-*
+/*
 ----------------
 
 Then you can disable sparse checkout. Sparse checkout support in 'git