Re: Checkout file without changing index?

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Apr 24, 2019, 13:46 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqq5zr31poo.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAA01CsoJZMJ86mpybukqT0hVnvXi0FuRjZ23akM5kNPBdT754Q@mail.gmail.com>

Piotr Krukowiecki <piotr.krukowiecki@gmail.com> writes:

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> I was familiar with "git checkout revision -- file".
>
> But it updates both working tree and index. I had some changes in
> index (staged) and "git checkout HEAD -- file" silently overwritten
> it. Well, probably my mistake, it's documented.

We'd invite you to live on the leading edge and try

    $ git restore --source=<revision> <pathspec>

which by default checks things out only to the working tree, but not to the index (you say --staged if you want to restore to the index, and you say --worktree if you want to restore to the working tree, or you can say both, which would be the same as "git checkout").

I think the new command is now on the 'pu' branch, but in a few weeks hopefully it will appear on the 'next' branch.