Re: [PATCH 2/7] Documentation: clarify git-checkout -f, minor editing
From: Junio C Hamano <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:43:04
"J. Bruce Fields" [off-list ref] writes:
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
"Force a re-read of everything" doesn't mean much to me.@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ OPTIONS Quiet, supress feedback messages. -f:: - Force a re-read of everything. + Proceed even if the index or the working tree differs + from HEAD.
While this is definitely better, I think it still is not clear why the command needs an option to proceed. Not proceeding is about preventing local changes from getting lost, and the option is a way to allow it to overwrite and lose any local change. Other than that, and your "From: " line (did you change your config or switch machines?) on the first three commits, I find all the changes very sensible.