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Re: [PATCH] Attempt to make git-checkout man page a bit more clear.

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Sean <seanlkml@sympatico.ca>
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Dec 21, 2006, 08:31 UTC
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On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 23:47:42 -0800 Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> wrote:

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> The 'restore from arbitrary tree-ish' form does not take -m as
> far as I know.
> 
> Although it might be interesting to do a single-file three-way
> merge, I do not think the command is _checkout_ anymore once it
> starts doing that.

Yeah, I should have caught that. As well, your explanation makes me wonder if it makes sense to change <branch> in the third form to <tree-ish> ? Would you like an updated patch or will you just make the touch up(s) yourself?

Sean
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  1. Attempt to make git-checkout man page a bit more clear.Sean, Dec 21, 2006
  2. Junio C HamanoDec 21, 2006
  3. SeanDec 21, 2006
  4. Jakub NarebskiDec 21, 2006

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