Re: [PATCH,v2] git-checkout(1): mention fate of extraneous files

From: Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. <bss@iguanasuicide.net>
Date: Jan 19, 2009, 23:16 UTC
Message-ID: <200901191716.59373.bss@iguanasuicide.net>
In-Reply-To: <87priivrt3.fsf_-_@jidanni.org>

>-specified, <new_branch>.  Using -b will cause <new_branch> to
>+specified, <new_branch>. (No files are deleted, use linkgit:git-clean[1]
>+for a pristine checkout.) Using -b will cause <new_branch> to

The parenthetical remark is not true, here: $ git status # On branch anagrams nothing to commit (working directory clean) $ ls anagram fsdupfind $ git checkout master Switched to branch "master" $ ls fsdupfind

I think you mean "No untracked content is removed,...".

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