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[PATCH] git-commit.txt: better warning about -f option

From
JFJ. Bruce Fields <bfields@fieldses.org>
Date
Apr 17, 2007, 13:59 UTC
Message-ID
<20070417135903.GF11907@fieldses.org>
In-Reply-To
<20070417135812.GE11907@fieldses.org>

Make sure the reader understands that -f may cause the loss of any local changes.

Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
---
 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 337b3d5..7aa877f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ OPTIONS
 
 -f::
 	Proceed even if the index or the working tree differs
-	from HEAD.
+	from HEAD, possibly overwriting and losing any local changes.
 
 -b::
 	Create a new branch named <new_branch> and start it at
-- 
1.5.1.1.98.gedb4f
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  2. 2/7 Documentation: clarify git-checkout -f, minor editingJ. Bruce Fields, Apr 16, 2007
  3. Junio C HamanoApr 16, 2007
  4. J. Bruce FieldsApr 17, 2007
  5. git-commit.txt: better warning about -f optionJ. Bruce Fields, Apr 17, 2007
  6. 3/7 Documentation: clarify track/no-track option.J. Bruce Fields, Apr 16, 2007
  7. 4/7 user-manual: fix discussion of default cloneJ. Bruce Fields, Apr 16, 2007
  8. 5/7 user-manual: detached HEADJ. Bruce Fields, Apr 16, 2007
  9. 6/7 user-manual: start revising "internals" chapterJ. Bruce Fields, Apr 16, 2007
  10. 7/7 user-manual: use detached head when rewriting historyJ. Bruce Fields, Apr 16, 2007

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