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Re: git-checkout-index, flag ordering and --prefix kludgy handling

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Oct 18, 2005, 00:33 UTC
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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> writes:
> Yeah, somebody should really fix the command line parsing. 
>
> I think it's only git-checkout-index that _really_ needs fixing, since it 
> has such a fragile thing right now.
Good to hear that you finally said it.
The patch looks good.  Thanks.
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Message 4 of 10 in “git-checkout-index, flag ordering and --prefix kludgy handling”
  1. BlaisorbladeOct 16, 2005
  2. Junio C HamanoOct 17, 2005
  3. Linus TorvaldsOct 17, 2005
  4. Junio C HamanoOct 18, 2005
  5. Linus TorvaldsOct 18, 2005
  6. Junio C HamanoOct 18, 2005
  7. Linus TorvaldsOct 18, 2005
  8. Teach "git diff" to handle filenames startign with '-'Linus Torvalds, Oct 18, 2005
  9. Handle "-" at beginning of filenames, part 3Linus Torvalds, Oct 18, 2005
  10. git-checkout: revert specific paths to either index or a given tree-ish.Junio C Hamano, Oct 18, 2005

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