Re: [PATCH] checkout doc: clarify command line args for "checkout paths" mode

From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date: Oct 11, 2017, 05:16 UTC
Message-ID: <20171011051604.GA140836@aiede.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqzi8ymg4f.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>

Junio C Hamano wrote:

> here is another attempt, this time to avoid "Restore" and <paths>...
>
>  Documentation/git-checkout.txt | 30 ++++++++++++++++--------------
>  1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

Thanks.  I find this one easier to read indeed.

[...]

> --- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
> @@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ SYNOPSIS

[...]

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> @@ -101,6 +95,14 @@ specific side of the merge can be checked out of the index by
>  using `--ours` or `--theirs`.  With `-m`, changes made to the working tree
>  file can be discarded to re-create the original conflicted merge result.
>  
> +'git checkout' (-p|--patch) [<tree-ish>] [--] [<pathspec>...]::
> +	This is similar to the "check out paths to the working tree
> +	from either the index or from a tree-ish" mode described
> +	above, but lets you use the interactive interface to show
> +	the "diff" output and choose which hunks to use in the
> +	result.  See below for the descriptoin of `--patch` option.

nit: s/descriptoin/description/

With that tweak,
Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>

Thanks.