I added this option in git-checkout and git-merge in c1d7036b6b (checkout,merge: disallow overwriting ignored files with --no-overwrite-ignore - 2011-11-27) but did not remember to update documentation. This completes that commit. --- Documentation/git-checkout.txt | 6 ++++++ Documentation/git-merge.txt | 5 +++++ 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt index 28817cfa41..5280d1f9ed 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt @@ -271,6 +271,12 @@ Note that this option uses the no overlay mode by default (see also out anyway. In other words, the ref can be held by more than one worktree. +--overwrite-ignore:: +--no-overwrite-ignore:: + Silently overwrite ignored files when switching branches. This + is the default behavior. Use `--no-overwrite-ignore` to abort + the operation when the new branch contains ignored files. + --recurse-submodules:: --no-recurse-submodules:: Using --recurse-submodules will update the content of all initialized diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge.txt b/Documentation/git-merge.txt index 4cc86469f3..6a9163d8fe 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-merge.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-merge.txt @@ -87,6 +87,11 @@ will be appended to the specified message. Allow the rerere mechanism to update the index with the result of auto-conflict resolution if possible. +--overwrite-ignore:: +--no-overwrite-ignore:: + Silently overwrite ignored files from the merge result. This + is the default behavior. Use `--no-overwrite-ignore` to abort. + --abort:: Abort the current conflict resolution process, and try to reconstruct the pre-merge state. -- 2.21.0.rc1.337.gdf7f8d0522
