From: Elijah Newren <newren@xxxxxxxxx> Some commands have traditionally also removed untracked files (or directories) that were in the way of a tracked file we needed. Document these cases. Signed-off-by: Elijah Newren <newren@xxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/git-checkout.txt | 5 +++-- Documentation/git-read-tree.txt | 5 +++-- Documentation/git-reset.txt | 3 ++- 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt index b1a6fe44997..d473c9bf387 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt @@ -118,8 +118,9 @@ OPTIONS -f:: --force:: When switching branches, proceed even if the index or the - working tree differs from `HEAD`. This is used to throw away - local changes. + working tree differs from `HEAD`, and even if there are untracked + files in the way. This is used to throw away local changes and + any untracked files or directories that are in the way. + When checking out paths from the index, do not fail upon unmerged entries; instead, unmerged entries are ignored. diff --git a/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt index 0222a27c5af..8c3aceb8324 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt @@ -38,8 +38,9 @@ OPTIONS --reset:: Same as -m, except that unmerged entries are discarded instead - of failing. When used with `-u`, updates leading to loss of - working tree changes will not abort the operation. + of failing. When used with `-u`, updates leading to loss of + working tree changes or untracked files or directories will not + abort the operation. -u:: After a successful merge, update the files in the work diff --git a/Documentation/git-reset.txt b/Documentation/git-reset.txt index 252e2d4e47d..6f7685f53d5 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-reset.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-reset.txt @@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ linkgit:git-add[1]). --hard:: Resets the index and working tree. Any changes to tracked files in the - working tree since `<commit>` are discarded. + working tree since `<commit>` are discarded. Any untracked files or + directories in the way of writing any tracked files are simply deleted. --merge:: Resets the index and updates the files in the working tree that are -- gitgitgadget
