From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 02:00:35 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-checkout: allow pathspec to recover lost working tree directory
Message-ID: <7vlkmcgngc.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <ejge6q$bm7$1@sea.gmane.org>

"Anand Kumria" <wildfire@progsoc.org> writes:

> On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 11:07:19 -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
>> It is often wanted on the #git channel that this were to work to
>> recover removed directory:
>> 
>> 	rm -fr Documentation
>> 	git checkout -- Documentation
>> 	git checkout HEAD -- Documentation ;# alternatively
>> 
>> Now it does.
>
> One thing I often seem to do is make some changes, test them out and
> remove the file if it wa a dead end and get my original back with
> 'cg-restore <file>'. Does this mean that the git equivalent will be 'git
> checkout -- <file>' as well?

Naming individual files has been supported for a long time.
What this patch adds is an ability to name a whole directory to
restore to the index state or a named commit state).