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[PATCH] checkout: mention '--' in the docs

From
SZEDER Gábor <szeder@ira.uka.de>
Date
Jul 23, 2008, 11:49 UTC
Message-ID
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In-Reply-To
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'git checkout' uses '--' to separate options from paths, but it was not mentioned in the documentation

Signed-off-by: SZEDER Gábor <szeder@ira.uka.de>
---
And here are two small changes related to 'git checkout --'.
 Documentation/git-checkout.txt |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
index 2abfbda..5aa69c0 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
 'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [[--track | --no-track] -b <new_branch> [-l]] [-m] [<branch>]
-'git checkout' [<tree-ish>] <paths>...
+'git checkout' [<tree-ish>] [--] <paths>...
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
-- 
1.6.0.rc0.35.gb83a7
Previous: Pierre HabouzitNext: SZEDER Gábor
Message 14 of 16 in “git-checkout: fix argument parsing to detect ambiguous arguments.”
  1. git-checkout: fix argument parsing to detect ambiguous arguments.Pierre Habouzit, Jul 23, 2008
  2. Pierre HabouzitJul 23, 2008
  3. Johannes SchindelinJul 23, 2008
  4. Pierre HabouzitJul 23, 2008
  5. git-checkout: fix argument parsing to detect ambiguous arguments.Pierre Habouzit, Jul 23, 2008
  6. Pierre HabouzitJul 23, 2008
  7. Johannes SchindelinJul 23, 2008
  8. Resubmit after a night of sleepPierre Habouzit, Jul 23, 2008
  9. 1/2 git-checkout: fix command line parsing.Pierre Habouzit, Jul 23, 2008
  10. 2/2 git-checkout: improve error messages, detect ambiguities.Pierre Habouzit, Jul 23, 2008
  11. Junio C HamanoJul 23, 2008
  12. Junio C HamanoJul 24, 2008
  13. Pierre HabouzitJul 24, 2008
  14. checkout: mention '--' in the docsSZEDER Gábor, Jul 23, 2008
  15. bash: offer only paths after '--' for 'git checkout'SZEDER Gábor, Jul 23, 2008
  16. Shawn O. PearceJul 25, 2008

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