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On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 22:04, Junio C Hamano<gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> In this case, your "delete everything" is your local change, and git =
did
> its best to preserve it while switching branches.
>
> If you want to "copy this and that files and directories out of the
> commit at the tip of the current branch and deposit them in my work t=
ree
> and index", you would say
>
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0$ git checkout HEAD this that
>
> so a request for checking everything out would be a natural extension=
 of
> the above that would be:
>
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0$ git checkout HEAD .
>
> If you want to "copy this and that files and directories out of the i=
ndex
> and deposit them in my work tree", you would say
>
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0$ git checkout this that
>
>

This makes sense now. I have tested this and it all functions as you
said. Thanks for your help!