NAME
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-git-checkout - Checkout a branch or paths to the working tree
+git-checkout - Switch branches or restore working tree files
SYNOPSIS
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(i.e. commit, tag or tree) to update the index for the given
paths before updating the working tree.
+
+'git checkout' with <paths> or `--patch` is used to restore modified or
+deleted paths to their original contents from the index or replace paths
+with the contents from a named <tree-ish> (most often a commit-ish).
++
The index may contain unmerged entries because of a previous failed merge.
By default, if you try to check out such an entry from the index, the
checkout operation will fail and nothing will be checked out.
--no-track::
Do not set up "upstream" configuration, even if the
- branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable is true.
+ branch.autoSetupMerge configuration variable is true.
-l::
Create the new branch's reflog; see linkgit:git-branch[1] for
--conflict=<style>::
The same as --merge option above, but changes the way the
conflicting hunks are presented, overriding the
- merge.conflictstyle configuration variable. Possible values are
+ merge.conflictStyle configuration variable. Possible values are
"merge" (default) and "diff3" (in addition to what is shown by
"merge" style, shows the original contents).