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Re: Suggestion: make git checkout safer

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Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Date
Jun 5, 2015, 18:37 UTC
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On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 1:44 PM, Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> wrote:
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> On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 5:32 AM, Ed Avis <eda@waniasset.com> wrote:
>> Torsten Bögershausen <tboegi <at> web.de> writes:
>>>Do you think you can write a patch to improve the documentation ?
>>
>> Here is my attempt, but it is only a starting point.
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
>> index d263a56..ee25354 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
>> +++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
>> @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-checkout(1)
>>
>>  NAME
>>  ----
>> -git-checkout - Checkout a branch or paths to the working tree
>> +git-checkout - Overwrite working tree files with a given branch
>
> I agree with Duy's suggestion of "switch branches or reset working

I meant, but forgot to say, that I'd probably replace "reset" with "restore" in Duy's suggestion.

> tree files" since it explains the high-level purpose of the command,
> whereas your wording gives details of the low-level operation without
> conveying the high-level purpose.
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  1. Ed AvisJun 3, 2015
  2. Jeff KingJun 3, 2015
  3. Ed AvisJun 3, 2015
  4. Jeff KingJun 3, 2015
  5. Ed AvisJun 3, 2015
  6. Junio C HamanoJun 3, 2015
  7. Randall S. BeckerJun 3, 2015
  8. Junio C HamanoJun 3, 2015
  9. Randall S. BeckerJun 3, 2015
  10. Stefan BellerJun 3, 2015
  11. Ed AvisJun 4, 2015
  12. Ed AvisJun 4, 2015
  13. Torsten BögershausenJun 3, 2015
  14. Kevin DaudtJun 3, 2015
  15. Ed AvisJun 4, 2015
  16. Torsten BögershausenJun 4, 2015
  17. Ed AvisJun 5, 2015
  18. Duy NguyenJun 5, 2015
  19. Eric SunshineJun 5, 2015
  20. Junio C HamanoJun 5, 2015
  21. Ed AvisJun 5, 2015
  22. Eric SunshineJun 5, 2015
  23. Philip OakleyJun 3, 2015
  24. Junio C HamanoJun 3, 2015
  25. Jeff KingJun 3, 2015
  26. Randall S. BeckerJun 3, 2015
  27. Junio C HamanoJun 3, 2015
  28. John SzakmeisterJun 4, 2015

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