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diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt index 33ad2adf5c..63b739c550 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-checkout(1) NAME ---- -git-checkout - Checkout a branch or paths to the working tree +git-checkout - Switch branches or restore working tree files SYNOPSIS -------- @@ -89,6 +89,10 @@ Omitting <branch> detaches HEAD at the tip of the current branch. (i.e. commit, tag or tree) to update the index for the given paths before updating the working tree. + +'git checkout' with <paths> or `--patch` is used to restore modified or +deleted paths to their original contents from the index or replace paths +with the contents from a named <tree-ish> (most often a commit-ish). ++ The index may contain unmerged entries because of a previous failed merge. By default, if you try to check out such an entry from the index, the checkout operation will fail and nothing will be checked out. @@ -144,7 +148,7 @@ explicitly give a name with '-b' in such a case. --no-track:: Do not set up "upstream" configuration, even if the - branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable is true. + branch.autoSetupMerge configuration variable is true. -l:: Create the new branch's reflog; see linkgit:git-branch[1] for @@ -210,7 +214,7 @@ the conflicted merge in the specified paths. --conflict=<style>:: The same as --merge option above, but changes the way the conflicting hunks are presented, overriding the - merge.conflictstyle configuration variable. Possible values are + merge.conflictStyle configuration variable. Possible values are "merge" (default) and "diff3" (in addition to what is shown by "merge" style, shows the original contents). @@ -225,6 +229,12 @@ 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. +--ignore-other-worktrees:: + `git checkout` refuses when the wanted ref is already checked + out by another worktree. This option makes it check the ref + out anyway. In other words, the ref can be held by more than one + worktree. + <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 |