From: Junio C Hamano Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 05:13:08 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/7] Documentation: clarify git-checkout -f, minor editing Message-ID: <7v4pngyk9n.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> In-Reply-To: <9733.45415336571$1176698256@news.gmane.org> "J. Bruce Fields" writes: > "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.