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Re: [PATCH] git-checkout.txt: Document "git checkout <pathspec>" better

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jun 11, 2015, 18:23 UTC
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Ed Avis <eda@waniasset.com> writes:
> I guess 'replace' would be a better word than 'restore' for the current
> behaviour.

Hmm, but wouldn't replace have the same issue as overwrite, namely, 'replace with what?'.

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  1. git-checkout.txt: Document "git checkout <pathspec>" betterTorsten Bögershausen, Jun 8, 2015
  2. Junio C HamanoJun 10, 2015
  3. Ed AvisJun 10, 2015
  4. Junio C HamanoJun 10, 2015
  5. Ed AvisJun 11, 2015
  6. Torsten BögershausenJun 10, 2015
  7. Junio C HamanoJun 11, 2015
  8. Ed AvisJun 11, 2015
  9. Junio C HamanoJun 11, 2015
  10. Scott SchmitJun 12, 2015
  11. Junio C HamanoJun 12, 2015
  12. Torsten BögershausenJun 12, 2015

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