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@@ -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
@@ -342,7 +341,7 @@ since you pulled from him:
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$ git fetch git://.... linus
-$ LT=`cat .git/FETCH_HEAD`
+$ LT=`git rev-parse FETCH_HEAD`
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Your work tree is still based on your HEAD ($JC), but you have