"Neal Kreitzinger" <neal@xxxxxxxx> writes: > However, there is an option in git-commit to copy files directly from the > working-tree to the object-store by totally bypassing the index, but no one > seems to do this or recommend doing this as normative practice. None the > less, this "exception" in the git-commit manpage does seem to set the > precedent, so maybe it is also conceivable to copy objects directly from the > object-store to the work-tree by totally bypassing the index. You can always do "git cat-file blob <object>", though you have to redirect output manually. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different." -- 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