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diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt index 8c3d4128c2..877e5f503a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt @@ -242,6 +242,8 @@ should result in deletion of the path). + When checking out paths from the index, this option lets you recreate the conflicted merge in the specified paths. ++ +When switching branches with `--merge`, staged changes may be lost. --conflict=<style>:: The same as --merge option above, but changes the way the @@ -260,6 +262,9 @@ the conflicted merge in the specified paths. This means that you can use `git checkout -p` to selectively discard edits from your current working tree. See the ``Interactive Mode'' section of linkgit:git-add[1] to learn how to operate the `--patch` mode. ++ +Note that this option uses the no overlay mode by default (see also +`--[no-]overlay`), and currently doesn't support overlay mode. --ignore-other-worktrees:: `git checkout` refuses when the wanted ref is already checked @@ -280,6 +285,13 @@ section of linkgit:git-add[1] to learn how to operate the `--patch` mode. Do not attempt to create a branch if a remote tracking branch of the same name exists. +--[no-]overlay:: + In the default overlay mode, `git checkout` never + removes files from the index or the working tree. When + specifying `--no-overlay`, files that appear in the index and + working tree, but not in <tree-ish> are removed, to make them + match <tree-ish> exactly. + <branch>:: Branch to checkout; if it refers to a branch (i.e., a name that, when prepended with "refs/heads/", is a valid ref), then that |