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git-checkout.txt: document "git checkout <pathspec>" better

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git checkout <pathspec> can be used to reset changes in the working tree.

Signed-off-by: Torsten Bögershausen <tboegi@web.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Torsten Bögershausen 2015-06-17 09:54:51 +02:00 committed by Junio C Hamano
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@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-checkout(1)
NAME
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git-checkout - Checkout a branch or paths to the working tree
git-checkout - Switch branches or restore working tree files
SYNOPSIS
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@ -89,6 +89,10 @@ Omitting <branch> detaches HEAD at the tip of the current branch.
(i.e. commit, tag or tree) to update the index for the given
paths before updating the working tree.
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'git checkout' with <paths> or `--patch` is used to restore modified or
deleted paths to their original contents from the index or replace paths
with the contents from a named <tree-ish> (most often a commit-ish).
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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
checkout operation will fail and nothing will be checked out.