Re: Can I checkout a single file without altering index?
On 10/12/2010 12:03 PM, Christian Halstrick wrote:
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> Can I checkout a certain file to a specific revision without also adding this
> content to the index? I only want to alter the working-tree - no modification of
> index or HEAD needed.
>
> Here is why I need that: I see a bug in git controlled sources. I fix one source
> file and also add one unit test in a separate file. I checked that the test
> succeeds with my fix. The index now contains what I want to commit.
> Now I want to see whether my test fails without my fix. I want to checkout HEAD
> for the source file without destroying my index. In the end, after I saw that my
> test fails without my fix, I just want to say "git commit" without having to.
commit the unit test first, and the fix as a second commit ?
Regards,
Stefan
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