On Sat, Jul 4, 2015 at 3:54 PM, Eric Sunshine <sunshine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, Jul 3, 2015 at 10:53 PM, Duy Nguyen <pclouds@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Sat, Jul 4, 2015 at 7:17 AM, Eric Sunshine <sunshine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> COMMANDS >>> -------- >>> +add <path> <branch>:: >>> + >>> +Check out `<branch>` into a separate working directory, `<path>`, creating >>> +`<path>` if necessary. The new working directory is linked to the current >>> +repository, sharing everything except working directory specific files >>> +such as HEAD, index, etc. If `<path>` already exists, it must be empty. >> >> Side note, "must be empty" is an implementation limitation. I think >> the two-way merge employed by git-checkout can deal with dirty <path> >> and only perform the checkout if there is no data loss. But we can >> leave this for later. > > Perhaps we should omit the bit about an existing but empty directory > for now? Like this: > > Create `<path>` and checkout `<branch>` into it. The new working > directory is linked to the current repository, sharing everything > except working directory specific files such as HEAD, index, etc. I think either way is ok. -- Duy -- 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