# [PATCH] Documentation: read-tree --prefix works with existing subtrees 1 messages from 2011-12-31 to 2011-12-31. Participants: Clemens Buchacher. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/29274 ## Clemens Buchacher, 2011-12-31 11:50 Subject: [PATCH] Documentation: read-tree --prefix works with existing subtrees Message-ID: <20111231115056.GA11628@ecki.lan> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20111231115056.GA11628%40ecki.lan ``` Since 34110cd4 (Make 'unpack_trees()' have a separate source and destination index) it is no longer true that a subdirectory with the same prefix must not exist. Signed-off-by: Clemens Buchacher --- Documentation/git-read-tree.txt | 9 ++++----- 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt index 5375549..a43e874 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt @@ -83,11 +83,10 @@ OPTIONS --prefix=/:: Keep the current index contents, and read the contents - of the named tree-ish under the directory at ``. The - original index file cannot have anything at the path - `` itself, nor anything in the `/` - directory. Note that the `/` value must end - with a slash. + of the named tree-ish under the directory at ``. + The command will refuse to overwrite entries that already + existed in the original index file. Note that the `/` + value must end with a slash. --exclude-per-directory=:: When running the command with `-u` and `-m` options, the -- 1.7.8 ```