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Re: [PATCH 2/7] Documentation: clarify git-checkout -f, minor editing

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Apr 16, 2007, 05:13 UTC
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"J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu> writes:
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> "Force a re-read of everything" doesn't mean much to me.
>
> @@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ OPTIONS
>  	Quiet, supress feedback messages.
>  
>  -f::
> -	Force a re-read of everything.
> +	Proceed even if the index or the working tree differs
> +	from HEAD.
>

While this is definitely better, I think it still is not clear why the command needs an option to proceed.

Not proceeding is about preventing local changes from getting lost, and the option is a way to allow it to overwrite and lose any local change.

Other than that, and your "From: " line (did you change your config or switch machines?) on the first three commits, I find all the changes very sensible.

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Message 3 of 10 in “Documentation: minor edits of git-lost-found manpage”
  1. 1/7 Documentation: minor edits of git-lost-found manpageJ. Bruce Fields, Apr 16, 2007
  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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