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| author | Valentin Haenel <valentin.haenel@gmx.de> | 2011-05-05 20:48:48 +0200 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2011-05-05 13:31:11 -0700 |
| commit | a31538e273bbca23951fa70a0324ac49214d0f10 (patch) | |
| tree | 389972d947ed21a749ddf5dd4f5caa88ebcaf8e1 | |
| parent | f2808a50a62755739a775ed008f01a9a5a053938 (diff) | |
| download | git-a31538e273bbca23951fa70a0324ac49214d0f10.tar.gz | |
git-checkout.txt: better docs for '--patch'
Describe '-p' as a short form of '--patch' in synopsis and options. Also
refer the reader to the patch mode description of git-add documentation.
Helped-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Mentored-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Valentin Haenel <valentin.haenel@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-checkout.txt | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt index 1063f69023..c0a96e6c1e 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SYNOPSIS 'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [-m] [--detach] [<commit>] 'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [-m] [[-b|-B|--orphan] <new_branch>] [<start_point>] 'git checkout' [-f|--ours|--theirs|-m|--conflict=<style>] [<tree-ish>] [--] <paths>... -'git checkout' --patch [<tree-ish>] [--] [<paths>...] +'git checkout' [-p|--patch] [<tree-ish>] [--] [<paths>...] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ $ git checkout <branch> that is to say, the branch is not reset/created unless "git checkout" is successful. -'git checkout' [--patch] [<tree-ish>] [--] <pathspec>...:: +'git checkout' [-p|--patch] [<tree-ish>] [--] <pathspec>...:: When <paths> or `--patch` are given, 'git checkout' does *not* switch branches. It updates the named paths in the working tree @@ -183,7 +183,8 @@ the conflicted merge in the specified paths. working tree (and if a <tree-ish> was specified, the index). + This means that you can use `git checkout -p` to selectively discard -edits from your current working tree. +edits from your current working tree. See the ``Interactive Mode'' +section of linkgit:git-add[1] to learn how to operate the `\--patch` mode. <branch>:: Branch to checkout; if it refers to a branch (i.e., a name that, |