Christian Halstrick venit, vidit, dixit 12.10.2010 12:03: > Can I checkout a certain file to a specific revision without also adding this > content to the index? I only want to alter the working-tree - no modification of > index or HEAD needed. > > Here is why I need that: I see a bug in git controlled sources. I fix one source > file and also add one unit test in a separate file. I checked that the test > succeeds with my fix. The index now contains what I want to commit. > Now I want to see whether my test fails without my fix. I want to checkout HEAD > for the source file without destroying my index. In the end, after I saw that my > test fails without my fix, I just want to say "git commit" without having to. > I would recommend to work on top of a trial commit, i.e. git commit -m TheFix git checkout HEAD^ -- fixedfile.c git reset --hard and git commit --amend if needed. (Alternatively, use stash.) You can also use git show HEAD:fixedfile.c > fixedfile.c git checkout fixed.file.c git commit -m TheFix but I find this more cumbersome. Michael -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html