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diff --git a/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt index 2e78da448f..46a96f2313 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ SYNOPSIS 'git read-tree' [[-m [--trivial] [--aggressive] | --reset | --prefix=<prefix>] [-u [--exclude-per-directory=<gitignore>] | -i]] [--index-output=<file>] [--no-sparse-checkout] - <tree-ish1> [<tree-ish2> [<tree-ish3>]] + (--empty | <tree-ish1> [<tree-ish2> [<tree-ish3>]]) DESCRIPTION @@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ OPTIONS trees that are not directly related to the current working tree status into a temporary index file. +-n:: +--dry-run:: + Check if the command would error out, without updating the index + nor the files in the working tree for real. + -v:: Show the progress of checking files out. @@ -114,6 +119,10 @@ OPTIONS Disable sparse checkout support even if `core.sparseCheckout` is true. +--empty:: + Instead of reading tree object(s) into the index, just empty + it. + <tree-ish#>:: The id of the tree object(s) to be read/merged. @@ -412,27 +421,11 @@ turn `core.sparseCheckout` on in order to have sparse checkout support. -BUGS ----- -In order to match a directory with $GIT_DIR/info/sparse-checkout, -trailing slash must be used. The form without trailing slash, while -works with .gitignore, does not work with sparse checkout. - - SEE ALSO -------- linkgit:git-write-tree[1]; linkgit:git-ls-files[1]; linkgit:gitignore[5] - -Author ------- -Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |