X-Git-Url: https://git.octo.it/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fgit-checkout-index.txt;h=5bff4865f78101b0bb7df23b381f26d61a35a80a;hb=313c4714c5ec1673805b952ba79d910a42e8937c;hp=589dc9ad12943767c73658904d54a574d6592f54;hpb=1301c6eb412e7c5511b952a12e42c70ad56f028b;p=git.git diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout-index.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout-index.txt index 589dc9ad..5bff4865 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-checkout-index.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-checkout-index.txt @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-checkout-index(1) NAME ---- -git-checkout-index - Copy files from the cache to the working directory +git-checkout-index - Copy files from the index to the working directory SYNOPSIS @@ -13,26 +13,26 @@ SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION ----------- -Will copy all files listed from the cache to the working directory +Will copy all files listed from the index to the working directory (not overwriting existing files). OPTIONS ------- --u:: +-u|--index:: update stat information for the checked out entries in - the cache file. + the index file. --q:: - be quiet if files exist or are not in the cache +-q|--quiet:: + be quiet if files exist or are not in the index --f:: +-f|--force:: forces overwrite of existing files --a:: - checks out all files in the cache. Cannot be used +-a|--all:: + checks out all files in the index. Cannot be used together with explicit filenames. --n:: +-n|--no-create:: Don't checkout new files, only refresh files already checked out. @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ supposed to be able to do things like: which will force all existing `*.h` files to be replaced with their cached copies. If an empty command line implied "all", then this would -force-refresh everything in the cache, which was not the point. +force-refresh everything in the index, which was not the point. To update and refresh only the files already checked out: @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ desired tree into the index, and do a git-checkout-index --prefix=git-export-dir/ -a -and git-checkout-index will "export" the cache into the specified +and git-checkout-index will "export" the index into the specified directory. NOTE The final "/" is important. The exported name is literally just