[PATCH] Make "git checkout <branch> <path>" work when <path> is a directory.
This improves the workflow for, say, kernel subsystem backporting.
Signed-off-by: Michael K. Edwards <medwards-linux@gmail.com>
---
git-checkout.sh | 3 ++-
1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/git-checkout.sh b/git-checkout.sh
index dd47724..5866604 100755
--- a/git-checkout.sh
+++ b/git-checkout.sh
@@ -106,7 +106,8 @@ Did you intend to checkout '$@' which ca
git-ls-tree --full-name -r "$new" "$@" |
git-update-index --index-info || exit $?
fi
- git-checkout-index -f -u -- "$@"
+ git-ls-files "$@" |
+ git-checkout-index -f -u --stdin
exit $?
else
# Make sure we did not fall back on $arg^{tree} codepath