"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > ok, i'm going to have to digest all that; pretty sure someone else > will need to change the man page to clarify the apparent inconsistency > i was referring to: > > SYNOPSIS > git checkout [-p|--patch] [<tree-ish>] [--] [<paths>...] > DESCRIPTION > git checkout [-p|--patch] [<tree-ish>] [--] <pathspec>... Yes, and a short-version of my answer is that they both are wrong ;-)