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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-read-tree.txt | 16 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | builtin-read-tree.c | 2 |
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt index 11bd9c0adc..0ff2890c7f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-read-tree - Reads tree information into the index SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-read-tree' (<tree-ish> | [[-m [--aggressive] | --reset | --prefix=<prefix>] [-u | -i]] <tree-ish1> [<tree-ish2> [<tree-ish3>]]) +'git-read-tree' (<tree-ish> | [[-m [--aggressive] | --reset | --prefix=<prefix>] [-u | -i]] [--exclude-per-directory=<gitignore>] <tree-ish1> [<tree-ish2> [<tree-ish3>]]) DESCRIPTION @@ -71,6 +71,20 @@ OPTIONS directory. Note that the `<prefix>/` value must end with a slash. +--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. <tree-ish#>:: The id of the tree object(s) to be read/merged. diff --git a/builtin-read-tree.c b/builtin-read-tree.c index 3f6cae36ce..8ba436dbac 100644 --- a/builtin-read-tree.c +++ b/builtin-read-tree.c @@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ static void prime_cache_tree(void) } -static const char read_tree_usage[] = "git-read-tree (<sha> | [[-m [--aggressive] | --reset | --prefix=<prefix>] [-u | -i]] <sha1> [<sha2> [<sha3>]])"; +static const char read_tree_usage[] = "git-read-tree (<sha> | [[-m [--aggressive] | --reset | --prefix=<prefix>] [-u | -i]] [--exclude-per-directory=<gitignore>] <sha1> [<sha2> [<sha3>]])"; static struct lock_file lock_file; |