Re: [PATCH 0/5] Advice on checkout dirty files

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mar 10, 2026, 15:40 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqv7f3wv51.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <CAOAgETNoQuju_RWbe=jo8JF7J2+V_pVoyr6FeKw8LwYKi_HipA@mail.gmail.com>

Arsh Srivastava <arshsrivastava00@gmail.com> writes:

> As per the recommendation of Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com>
> I have changed my files and added git checkout -m after understanding
> its significance :)

It is a given that you as the author of the patch understand it. What I meant was that the users who get the recommendation need to be told about the potential issues.

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