NAME
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-git-checkout-index - Copy files from the cache to the working directory
+git-checkout-index - Copy files from the index to the working directory
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
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-Will copy all files listed from the cache to the working directory
+Will copy all files listed from the index to the working directory
(not overwriting existing files).
OPTIONS
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--u::
+-u|--index::
update stat information for the checked out entries in
- the cache file.
+ the index file.
--q::
- be quiet if files exist or are not in the cache
+-q|--quiet::
+ be quiet if files exist or are not in the index
--f::
+-f|--force::
forces overwrite of existing files
--a::
- checks out all files in the cache. Cannot be used
+-a|--all::
+ checks out all files in the index. Cannot be used
together with explicit filenames.
--n::
+-n|--no-create::
Don't checkout new files, only refresh files already checked
out.
which will force all existing `*.h` files to be replaced with their
cached copies. If an empty command line implied "all", then this would
-force-refresh everything in the cache, which was not the point.
+force-refresh everything in the index, which was not the point.
To update and refresh only the files already checked out:
git-checkout-index --prefix=git-export-dir/ -a
-and git-checkout-index will "export" the cache into the specified
+and git-checkout-index will "export" the index into the specified
directory.
NOTE The final "/" is important. The exported name is literally just