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Re: [PATCH] Documentation/git-checkout: make doc. of checkout <tree-ish> clearer

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Apr 19, 2017, 01:40 UTC
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Christoph Michelbach <michelbach94@gmail.com> writes:
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> On Mon, 2017-04-17 at 17:31 -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
>> Obviously, "grab all paths that match <pathspec> out of <tree>, add
>> them to the index and copy them out to the working tree" will never
>> be able to _restore_ the lack of 'd', even it may match the
>> <pathspec> being used to do this checkout, by removing it from the
>> current index and the working tree.
>
> Exactly. "grab all paths that match <pathspec> out of <tree>, add them
> to the index and copy them out to the working tree" is a more accurate
> description of what the command does (but it might need some rewording
> ;-) ).

Of course it is accurate, as that is how I would write it, not "restore", if I were doing the documentation.

Care to send in a patch to update the documentation?
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  1. Documentation/git-checkout: make doc. of checkout <tree-ish> clearerChristoph Michelbach, Apr 15, 2017
  2. Philip OakleyApr 15, 2017
  3. Christoph MichelbachApr 16, 2017
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  5. Christoph MichelbachApr 16, 2017
  6. Philip OakleyApr 16, 2017
  7. Christoph MichelbachApr 16, 2017
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  9. Junio C HamanoApr 18, 2017
  10. Christoph MichelbachApr 18, 2017
  11. Philip OakleyApr 19, 2017
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  13. Junio C HamanoApr 18, 2017
  14. Christoph MichelbachApr 18, 2017
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  22. Philip OakleyApr 19, 2017
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