From: Sean <seanlkml@sympatico.ca>
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 08:31:00 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Attempt to make git-checkout man page a bit more clear.
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On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 23:47:42 -0800
Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> wrote:

> 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