From: Anand Kumria <wildfire@progsoc.org>
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 01:17:15 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-checkout: allow pathspec to recover lost working tree directory
Message-ID: <ejge6q$bm7$1@sea.gmane.org>
In-Reply-To: <7vbqn8msuw.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>

On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 11:07:19 -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> It is often wanted on the #git channel that this were to work to
> recover removed directory:
> 
> 	rm -fr Documentation
> 	git checkout -- Documentation
> 	git checkout HEAD -- Documentation ;# alternatively
> 
> Now it does.

One thing I often seem to do is make some changes, test them out and
remove the file if it wa a dead end and get my original back with
'cg-restore <file>'. Does this mean that the git equivalent will be 'git
checkout -- <file>' as well?

Thanks,
Anand