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Re: checkout extra files

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Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date
Sep 3, 2012, 13:59 UTC
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On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 8:42 PM, Angelo Borsotti <angelo.borsotti@gmail.com> wrote:

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> $ git checkout 94d8 -- *
> $ ls
> f1
>
> Note that the work directory is empty when the checkout is done, and
> that the checkout restores f1
> in it, a file that is not denoted by the * pathspec.

I think in this case '*' remains unexpanded by the shell. Which means it is still a pathspec to checkout (iow equivalent to "git checkout 94d8 -- '*'"). Checkout in turns matches the pathspec '*' against the tree and decides to restore 'fl'.

It's confusing but I don't think there's much we can do about it.
> I guess that this is the intended behaviour, and that the man page
> should be updated to tell exactly
> what files git restores.
-- 
Duy
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  3. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuySep 3, 2012
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  5. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuySep 4, 2012
  6. Junio C HamanoSep 4, 2012
  7. Angelo BorsottiSep 4, 2012
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  11. Junio C HamanoSep 7, 2012
  12. Philip OakleySep 8, 2012
  13. Junio C HamanoSep 9, 2012
  14. Matthieu MoySep 9, 2012
  15. Junio C HamanoSep 9, 2012
  16. Philip OakleySep 9, 2012
  17. Jeff KingSep 10, 2012
  18. Junio C HamanoSep 10, 2012
  19. Jeff KingSep 10, 2012
  20. Junio C HamanoSep 10, 2012
  21. 1/2 gitcli: formatting fixJunio C Hamano, Sep 10, 2012
  22. 2/2 gitcli: contrast wildcard given to shell and to gitJunio C Hamano, Sep 10, 2012
  23. Jeff KingSep 10, 2012
  24. Junio C HamanoSep 10, 2012
  25. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuySep 4, 2012
  26. Junio C HamanoSep 4, 2012
  27. Carlos Martín NietoSep 3, 2012
  28. Carlos Martín NietoSep 4, 2012
  29. Angelo BorsottiSep 4, 2012
  30. Junio C HamanoSep 4, 2012
  31. Angelo BorsottiSep 4, 2012
  32. Junio C HamanoSep 4, 2012
  33. Philip OakleySep 4, 2012
  34. Junio C HamanoSep 4, 2012
  35. Junio C HamanoSep 8, 2012
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