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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-checkout.txt | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-read-tree.txt | 23 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-reset.txt | 3 |
3 files changed, 9 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt index b1a6fe4499..d473c9bf38 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt @@ -118,8 +118,9 @@ OPTIONS -f:: --force:: When switching branches, proceed even if the index or the - working tree differs from `HEAD`. This is used to throw away - local changes. + working tree differs from `HEAD`, and even if there are untracked + files in the way. This is used to throw away local changes and + any untracked files or directories that are in the way. + When checking out paths from the index, do not fail upon unmerged entries; instead, unmerged entries are ignored. diff --git a/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt index 5fa8bab64c..8c3aceb832 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt @@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git read-tree' [[-m [--trivial] [--aggressive] | --reset | --prefix=<prefix>] - [-u [--exclude-per-directory=<gitignore>] | -i]] - [--index-output=<file>] [--no-sparse-checkout] + [-u | -i]] [--index-output=<file>] [--no-sparse-checkout] (--empty | <tree-ish1> [<tree-ish2> [<tree-ish3>]]) @@ -39,8 +38,9 @@ OPTIONS --reset:: Same as -m, except that unmerged entries are discarded instead - of failing. When used with `-u`, updates leading to loss of - working tree changes will not abort the operation. + of failing. When used with `-u`, updates leading to loss of + working tree changes or untracked files or directories will not + abort the operation. -u:: After a successful merge, update the files in the work @@ -88,21 +88,6 @@ OPTIONS The command will refuse to overwrite entries that already existed in the original index file. ---exclude-per-directory=<gitignore>:: - When running the command with `-u` and `-m` options, the - merge result may need to overwrite paths that are not - tracked in the current branch. The command usually - refuses to proceed with the merge to avoid losing such a - path. However this safety valve sometimes gets in the - way. For example, it often happens that the other - branch added a file that used to be a generated file in - your branch, and the safety valve triggers when you try - to switch to that branch after you ran `make` but before - running `make clean` to remove the generated file. This - option tells the command to read per-directory exclude - file (usually '.gitignore') and allows such an untracked - but explicitly ignored file to be overwritten. - --index-output=<file>:: Instead of writing the results out to `$GIT_INDEX_FILE`, write the resulting index in the named file. While the diff --git a/Documentation/git-reset.txt b/Documentation/git-reset.txt index 252e2d4e47..6f7685f53d 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-reset.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-reset.txt @@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ linkgit:git-add[1]). --hard:: Resets the index and working tree. Any changes to tracked files in the - working tree since `<commit>` are discarded. + working tree since `<commit>` are discarded. Any untracked files or + directories in the way of writing any tracked files are simply deleted. --merge:: Resets the index and updates the files in the working tree that are |