multi-pack-index: provide more helpful usage info

diff --git a/builtin/checkout-index.c b/builtin/checkout-index.c
index a730f6a1aa47a60d4c131ee47076411a129d8080..d92db62fbdf15c14ff3d85b767a069b22aa3897d 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin/checkout-index.c
+++ b/builtin/checkout-index.c
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ int cmd_checkout_index(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
        argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, builtin_checkout_index_options,
                        builtin_checkout_index_usage, 0);
+       state.istate = &the_index;
        state.force = force;
        state.quiet = quiet;
        state.not_new = not_new;