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Re: [PATCH v4 0/7] doc: git-checkout: clarify DESCRIPTION section

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KHKristoffer Haugsbakk <kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com>
Date
Sep 16, 2025, 06:41 UTC
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On Tue, Sep 16, 2025, at 01:22, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> "Kristoffer Haugsbakk" <kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com> writes:
>
>> There should be a gitpathspecs(7).  Not just a glossary entry.
>
> This sounds like a good #leftoverbits topic for new-ish people to
> work on, with help from old timers?  I do agree that the entry in
> the glossary has grown to be way too big.  The pathspec magic itself
> should be mentioned there in the glossary, but the details of it
> feels a bit too much and the topic probably deserves its own manual
> page, just like gitrevisions(7) has one.
I added it to the unofficial tracker.
https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/issues/1971
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Kristoffer Haugsbakk
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  1. 0/5 doc: git-checkout: clarify DESCRIPTION sectionJulia Evans via GitGitGadget, Aug 25, 2025
  2. 1/5 doc: git-checkout: clarify introJulia Evans via GitGitGadget, Aug 25, 2025
  3. Junio C HamanoAug 26, 2025
  4. Junio C HamanoAug 26, 2025
  5. Julia EvansAug 26, 2025
  6. D. Ben KnobleAug 28, 2025
  7. Julia EvansAug 28, 2025
  8. Junio C HamanoAug 28, 2025
  9. D. Ben KnobleAug 29, 2025
  10. Junio C HamanoAug 29, 2025
  11. D. Ben KnobleSep 3, 2025
  12. 2/5 doc: git-checkout: clarify `git checkout <branch>`Julia Evans via GitGitGadget, Aug 25, 2025
  13. Junio C HamanoAug 26, 2025
  14. Julia EvansAug 28, 2025
  15. Junio C HamanoAug 28, 2025
  16. Julia EvansAug 28, 2025
  17. 3/5 doc: git-checkout: don't use "reset"Julia Evans via GitGitGadget, Aug 25, 2025
  18. 4/5 doc: git-checkout: deduplicate --detach explanationJulia Evans via GitGitGadget, Aug 25, 2025
  19. 5/5 doc: git-checkout: clarify restoring files sectionJulia Evans via GitGitGadget, Aug 25, 2025
  20. Junio C HamanoAug 26, 2025
  21. Julia EvansAug 28, 2025
  22. D. Ben KnobleAug 28, 2025
  23. Julia EvansAug 28, 2025
  24. Junio C HamanoAug 28, 2025
  25. D. Ben KnobleAug 29, 2025
  26. 0/5 doc: git-checkout: clarify DESCRIPTION sectionJulia Evans via GitGitGadget, Aug 29, 2025
  27. 1/5 doc: git-checkout: clarify introJulia Evans via GitGitGadget, Aug 29, 2025
  28. Junio C HamanoAug 29, 2025
  29. Julia EvansSep 2, 2025
  30. 2/5 doc: git-checkout: clarify `git checkout <branch>`Julia Evans via GitGitGadget, Aug 29, 2025
  31. Junio C HamanoAug 29, 2025
  32. Julia EvansSep 2, 2025
  33. 3/5 doc: git-checkout: don't use "reset"Julia Evans via GitGitGadget, Aug 29, 2025
  34. Junio C HamanoAug 29, 2025
  35. Julia EvansSep 1, 2025
  36. Junio C HamanoSep 2, 2025
  37. 4/5 doc: git-checkout: deduplicate --detach explanationJulia Evans via GitGitGadget, Aug 29, 2025
  38. 5/5 doc: git-checkout: clarify restoring files sectionJulia Evans via GitGitGadget, Aug 29, 2025
  39. 0/6 doc: git-checkout: clarify DESCRIPTION sectionJulia Evans via GitGitGadget, Sep 3, 2025
  40. 1/6 doc: git-checkout: clarify introJulia Evans via GitGitGadget, Sep 3, 2025
  41. 2/6 doc: git-checkout: clarify `git checkout <branch>`Julia Evans via GitGitGadget, Sep 3, 2025
  42. 3/6 doc: git-checkout: clarify `-b` and `-B`Julia Evans via GitGitGadget, Sep 3, 2025
  43. 4/6 doc: git-checkout: deduplicate --detach explanationJulia Evans via GitGitGadget, Sep 3, 2025
  44. 5/6 doc: git-checkout: split up restoring files sectionJulia Evans via GitGitGadget, Sep 3, 2025
  45. 6/6 doc: git-checkout: clarify restoring files sectionJulia Evans via GitGitGadget, Sep 3, 2025
  46. Junio C HamanoSep 3, 2025
  47. Junio C HamanoSep 3, 2025
  48. Julia EvansSep 3, 2025
  49. 0/7 doc: git-checkout: clarify DESCRIPTION sectionJulia Evans via GitGitGadget, Sep 10, 2025
  50. 1/7 doc: git-checkout: clarify intro sentenceJulia Evans via GitGitGadget, Sep 10, 2025
  51. 2/7 doc: git-checkout: clarify ARGUMENT DISAMBIGUATIONJulia Evans via GitGitGadget, Sep 10, 2025
  52. 3/7 doc: git-checkout: clarify `git checkout <branch>`Julia Evans via GitGitGadget, Sep 10, 2025
  53. 4/7 doc: git-checkout: clarify `-b` and `-B`Julia Evans via GitGitGadget, Sep 10, 2025
  54. Kristoffer HaugsbakkSep 29, 2025
  55. doc: git-checkout: fix placeholder markupkristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com, Oct 2, 2025
  56. doc: git-checkout: fix placeholder markupkristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com, Oct 16, 2025
  57. Julia EvansOct 17, 2025
  58. doc: git-checkout: fix placeholder markupkristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com, Oct 17, 2025
  59. 5/7 doc: git-checkout: deduplicate --detach explanationJulia Evans via GitGitGadget, Sep 10, 2025
  60. 6/7 doc: git-checkout: split up restoring files sectionJulia Evans via GitGitGadget, Sep 10, 2025
  61. 7/7 doc: git-checkout: clarify restoring files sectionJulia Evans via GitGitGadget, Sep 10, 2025
  62. Ben KnobleSep 11, 2025
  63. Julia EvansSep 12, 2025
  64. Kristoffer HaugsbakkSep 12, 2025
  65. Junio C HamanoSep 15, 2025
  66. Kristoffer HaugsbakkSep 16, 2025
  67. Junio C HamanoSep 12, 2025
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