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Documentation: clarify git-checkout -f, minor editing

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"Force a re-read of everything" doesn't mean much to me.

Also some minor grammar fixes.

Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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J. Bruce Fields 2007-04-16 00:37:11 -04:00 committed by Junio C Hamano
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@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ options, which will be passed to `git branch`.
When <paths> are given, this command does *not* switch
branches. It updates the named paths in the working tree from
the index file (i.e. it runs `git-checkout-index -f -u`), or a
named commit. In
this case, `-f` and `-b` options are meaningless and giving
the index file (i.e. it runs `git-checkout-index -f -u`), or
from a named commit. In
this case, the `-f` and `-b` options are meaningless and giving
either of them results in an error. <tree-ish> argument can be
used to specify a specific tree-ish (i.e. commit, tag or tree)
to update the index for the given paths before updating the
@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ OPTIONS
Quiet, supress feedback messages.
-f::
Force a re-read of everything.
Proceed even if the index or the working tree differs
from HEAD. This is used to throw away local changes.
-b::
Create a new branch named <new_branch> and start it at