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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Ed Avis <eda@waniasset.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-checkout.txt: Document "git checkout <pathspec>" better
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2015 11:23:04 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqoakmf6k7.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <loom.20150611T164935-263@post.gmane.org> (Ed Avis's message of "Thu, 11 Jun 2015 14:52:21 +0000 (UTC)")

Ed Avis <eda@waniasset.com> writes:

> I guess 'replace' would be a better word than 'restore' for the current
> behaviour.

Hmm, but wouldn't replace have the same issue as overwrite, namely,
'replace with what?'.

  reply	other threads:[~2015-06-11 18:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-06-08 20:21 [PATCH] git-checkout.txt: Document "git checkout <pathspec>" better Torsten Bögershausen
2015-06-10 15:05 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-06-10 15:11   ` Ed Avis
2015-06-10 16:38     ` Junio C Hamano
2015-06-11 10:24       ` [PATCH] git-checkout.txt: Document Ed Avis
2015-06-10 18:27   ` [PATCH] git-checkout.txt: Document "git checkout <pathspec>" better Torsten Bögershausen
2015-06-11 14:47     ` Junio C Hamano
2015-06-11 14:52       ` Ed Avis
2015-06-11 18:23         ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2015-06-12  4:49   ` Scott Schmit
2015-06-12 16:24     ` Junio C Hamano
2015-06-12 20:41     ` Torsten Bögershausen

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