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@@ -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.
@@ -417,15 +426,6 @@ SEE ALSO
linkgit:git-write-tree[1]; linkgit:git-ls-files[1];
linkgit:gitignore[5]
-
-Author
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-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