From: J. Bruce Fields Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 04:37:11 +0000 (-0400) Subject: Documentation: clarify git-checkout -f, minor editing X-Git-Tag: v1.5.1.2~28 X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=40c8279f9b4f1c37f5e994c1c053b69446133559;p=git.git 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 --- diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt index f5b2d5017..b889688b4 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