Re: "man git-checkout", man page is inconsistent between SYNOPSIS and details
From: Junio C Hamano <hidden>
Date: 2017-10-02 00:29:49
"Robert P. J. Day" [off-list ref] writes:
ok, i'm going to have to digest all that; pretty sure someone else
will need to change the man page to clarify the apparent inconsistency
i was referring to:
SYNOPSIS
git checkout [-p|--patch] [<tree-ish>] [--] [<paths>...]
DESCRIPTION
git checkout [-p|--patch] [<tree-ish>] [--] <pathspec>...Yes, and a short-version of my answer is that they both are wrong ;-)