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Fix missing 'does' in man-page for 'git checkout'

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Reported-by: Rainer Standke <rainer.standke@krankikom.de>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Linus Torvalds 2010-09-27 12:14:57 -07:00 committed by Junio C Hamano
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Documentation/git-checkout.txt
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'git checkout' [--patch] [<tree-ish>] [--] <pathspec>...::
When <paths> or `--patch` are given, 'git checkout' *not* switch
branches. It updates the named paths in the working tree from
the index file or from a named <tree-ish> (most often a commit). In
this case, the `-b` and `--track` options are meaningless and giving
either of them results in an error. The <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
working tree.
When <paths> or `--patch` are given, 'git checkout' does *not*
switch branches. It updates the named paths in the working tree
from the index file or from a named <tree-ish> (most often a
commit). In this case, the `-b` and `--track` options are
meaningless and giving either of them results in an error. The
<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 working tree.
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The index may contain unmerged entries because of a previous failed merge.
By default, if you try to check out such an entry from the index, the