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Re: "man git-checkout", man page is inconsistent between SYNOPSIS and details

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Oct 2, 2017, 00:29 UTC
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"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@crashcourse.ca> writes:
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> ok, i'm going to have to digest all that; pretty sure someone else
> will need to change the man page to clarify the apparent inconsistency
> i was referring to:
>
>   SYNOPSIS
>        git checkout [-p|--patch] [<tree-ish>] [--] [<paths>...]
>   DESCRIPTION
>        git checkout [-p|--patch] [<tree-ish>] [--] <pathspec>...

Yes, and a short-version of my answer is that they both are wrong ;-)

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  1. Robert P. J. DaySep 30, 2017
  2. Kevin DaudtSep 30, 2017
  3. Robert P. J. DaySep 30, 2017
  4. Robert P. J. DaySep 30, 2017
  5. Junio C HamanoOct 1, 2017
  6. Robert P. J. DayOct 1, 2017
  7. Junio C HamanoOct 2, 2017
  8. checkout doc: clarify command line args for "checkout paths" modeJunio C Hamano, Oct 11, 2017
  9. Jonathan NiederOct 11, 2017
  10. Junio C HamanoOct 11, 2017
  11. Jonathan NiederOct 11, 2017

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