diff --git a/builtin/checkout.c b/builtin/checkout.c
index d3cfaf0f45cea2c27dd8d7caf47ac43cd499c79e..0ca8f6a2061b177410136fb89b988806a05eb16e 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin/checkout.c
+++ b/builtin/checkout.c
topts.gently = opts->merge && old->commit;
topts.verbose_update = !opts->quiet;
topts.fn = twoway_merge;
- topts.dir = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*topts.dir));
- topts.dir->flags |= DIR_SHOW_IGNORED;
- topts.dir->exclude_per_dir = ".gitignore";
+ if (!ignored_are_precious) {
+ topts.dir = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*topts.dir));
+ topts.dir->flags |= DIR_SHOW_IGNORED;
+ topts.dir->exclude_per_dir = ".gitignore";
+ }
tree = parse_tree_indirect(old->commit ?
old->commit->object.sha1 :
(unsigned char *)EMPTY_TREE_SHA1_BIN);
OPT_SET_INT('3', "theirs", &opts.writeout_stage, "checkout their version for unmerged files",
3),
OPT__FORCE(&opts.force, "force checkout (throw away local modifications)"),
+ OPT_BOOLEAN('i', "ignored-are-precious", &ignored_are_precious,
+ "fail when an ignored file needs to be overwritten"),
OPT_BOOLEAN('m', "merge", &opts.merge, "perform a 3-way merge with the new branch"),
OPT_STRING(0, "conflict", &conflict_style, "style",
"conflict style (merge or diff3)"),