The key point for the if statement is that read_tree_some did not update the entry, because either it doesn't exist in tree-ish or doesn't match the pathspec. Clarify that. Suggested-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gummerer <t.gummerer@xxxxxxxxx> --- builtin/checkout.c | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/builtin/checkout.c b/builtin/checkout.c index acdafc6e4c..cb166b2e07 100644 --- a/builtin/checkout.c +++ b/builtin/checkout.c @@ -304,10 +304,10 @@ static int checkout_paths(const struct checkout_opts *opts, continue; if (opts->source_tree && !(ce->ce_flags & CE_UPDATE)) /* - * "git checkout tree-ish -- path", but this entry - * is in the original index; it will not be checked - * out to the working tree and it does not matter - * if pathspec matched this entry. We will not do + * "git checkout tree-ish -- path" and this entry + * is in the original index, but is not in tree-ish + * or does not match the pathspec; it will not be + * checked out to the working tree. We will not do * anything to this entry at all. */ continue; -- 2.20.1.153.gd81d796ee0
