From patchwork Sat Sep 18 23:15:23 2021 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Elijah Newren X-Patchwork-Id: 12504047 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-12.7 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,INCLUDES_CR_TRAILER,INCLUDES_PATCH, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 175ADC433F5 for ; Sat, 18 Sep 2021 23:15:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01A39610A5 for ; Sat, 18 Sep 2021 23:15:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S240717AbhIRXQ6 (ORCPT ); Sat, 18 Sep 2021 19:16:58 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:45266 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S240697AbhIRXQy (ORCPT ); Sat, 18 Sep 2021 19:16:54 -0400 Received: from mail-wr1-x435.google.com (mail-wr1-x435.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::435]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9BB94C061574 for ; Sat, 18 Sep 2021 16:15:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-wr1-x435.google.com with SMTP id t18so21601814wrb.0 for ; Sat, 18 Sep 2021 16:15:30 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112; h=message-id:in-reply-to:references:from:date:subject:fcc :content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:to:cc; bh=/3m+7QqjHSrfqnwKbprHOY8NTr4Stirdf/5VwuV4OCM=; b=jNsX3EKQDvJiWo9duKajnqAwEeTxC/BYQrY5TOJicctG11tfGJOP0gnMfuemd/oX7J jaeAaPz5uJYNqmNR2FuleboLEmU5COccKiWvb18eL1LMwBa8NLVdTPyvXT+WlaFCEOc/ kBQ1J3yhLTPtIR94Kho8cK51332GK2RZXHEBctp7+9CnJ/SQtqu34ESfdYD2tRyzAJeJ US6IECX+1+FC/OGxTAHZk9Et+rngMv2iRFzicI2GlLhgGtULZ1rObw0xOhsKliTW47wv CQSdYX+qRHK4P1/YSoAFUuf0baiH2A5J5q03D9dUiJDrZBt7TV2NU78LBcb2zCyOKDFD mv/Q== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:message-id:in-reply-to:references:from:date :subject:fcc:content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:to:cc; bh=/3m+7QqjHSrfqnwKbprHOY8NTr4Stirdf/5VwuV4OCM=; b=NwKP92m1F0qG/MNmMvKCjCvs6RK2hiG6RbH+mB3/AbWW9hWaldyY6zH9EZ4dmPpkWY CAOZ+E1kLbhfIs9bHY1GXWPZQnAER2MkoKVm9m6QkOIxI3oyzJzObTKO42QU7vibfhfC h2jvdvxl4KE0vx+H9fVhC5GFpmmSpaFn19Kb9BxKPSgNjBhwMjqG7vLM6SkcY2lsnhjQ uI7jNp6VCFNwzfZIH01S1c6qBWVH0W7T57Vi6VnCgYmRUT8HSA2bOMoa4GHyz2gusV/W MDuNKaWPRRJU73JiuOye+b5DuCKfFerwRutPrxCqMo2tRyilRI1eB1hieTewF0WixfUz wkUA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM531uYfoPeaDVUtw7w2mOX+Qlu72/jwknEho8jprtTcijZcPJyd/S FeinQZdO2mNwpw6qiV5wxiZdNRv7boE= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJx0EsfDDWvIKq06fE6loS/nYUxZG0mswXRuOL0KFZla7eJfeaZSKlFmnA7WTYs8CrnQx/W3vg== X-Received: by 2002:adf:f011:: with SMTP id j17mr19854082wro.320.1632006929247; Sat, 18 Sep 2021 16:15:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [127.0.0.1] ([13.74.141.28]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id u13sm11179301wrt.41.2021.09.18.16.15.28 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Sat, 18 Sep 2021 16:15:28 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <6ea23d165cf1f9433831cb4a01abf6f483a8bc29.1632006924.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2021 23:15:23 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 6/6] Documentation: call out commands that nuke untracked files/directories Fcc: Sent MIME-Version: 1.0 To: git@vger.kernel.org Cc: =?utf-8?b?w4Z2YXIgQXJuZmrDtnLDsA==?= Bjarmason , Fedor Biryukov , Elijah Newren , Elijah Newren Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org From: Elijah Newren From: Elijah Newren 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 --- 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 5fa8bab64c2..4731ec3283f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt @@ -39,8 +39,9 @@ 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 `` are discarded. + working tree since `` 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