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git-checkout-index(1) |
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NAME |
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git-checkout-index - Copy files from the index to the working directory |
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SYNOPSIS |
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[verse] |
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'git-checkout-index' [-u] [-q] [-a] [-f] [-n] [--prefix=<string>] |
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[--stage=<number>] [--] <file>... |
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DESCRIPTION |
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Will copy all files listed from the index to the working directory |
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(not overwriting existing files). |
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OPTIONS |
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-u|--index:: |
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update stat information for the checked out entries in |
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the index file. |
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-q|--quiet:: |
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be quiet if files exist or are not in the index |
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-f|--force:: |
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forces overwrite of existing files |
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-a|--all:: |
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checks out all files in the index. Cannot be used |
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together with explicit filenames. |
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-n|--no-create:: |
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Don't checkout new files, only refresh files already checked |
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out. |
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--prefix=<string>:: |
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When creating files, prepend <string> (usually a directory |
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including a trailing /) |
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--stage=<number>:: |
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Instead of checking out unmerged entries, copy out the |
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files from named stage. <number> must be between 1 and 3. |
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--:: |
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Do not interpret any more arguments as options. |
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The order of the flags used to matter, but not anymore. |
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Just doing `git-checkout-index` does nothing. You probably meant |
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`git-checkout-index -a`. And if you want to force it, you want |
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`git-checkout-index -f -a`. |
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Intuitiveness is not the goal here. Repeatability is. The reason for |
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the "no arguments means no work" behavior is that from scripts you are |
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supposed to be able to do: |
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$ find . -name '*.h' -print0 | xargs -0 git-checkout-index -f -- |
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which will force all existing `*.h` files to be replaced with their |
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cached copies. If an empty command line implied "all", then this would |
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force-refresh everything in the index, which was not the point. |
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The `--` is just a good idea when you know the rest will be filenames; |
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it will prevent problems with a filename of, for example, `-a`. |
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Using `--` is probably a good policy in scripts. |
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EXAMPLES |
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To update and refresh only the files already checked out:: |
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$ git-checkout-index -n -f -a && git-update-index --ignore-missing --refresh |
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Using `git-checkout-index` to "export an entire tree":: |
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The prefix ability basically makes it trivial to use |
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`git-checkout-index` as an "export as tree" function. |
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Just read the desired tree into the index, and do: |
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$ git-checkout-index --prefix=git-export-dir/ -a |
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`git-checkout-index` will "export" the index into the specified |
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directory. |
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The final "/" is important. The exported name is literally just |
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prefixed with the specified string. Contrast this with the |
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following example. |
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Export files with a prefix:: |
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$ git-checkout-index --prefix=.merged- Makefile |
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This will check out the currently cached copy of `Makefile` |
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into the file `.merged-Makefile`. |
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Author |
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Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> |
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Documentation |
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Documentation by David Greaves, |
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Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. |
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GIT |
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Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite |
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