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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-read-tree.txt | 9 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt index 5375549820..a43e87448b 100644 --- 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 |