This means that you can use `git checkout -p` to selectively discard
edits from your current working tree. See the ``Interactive Mode''
section of linkgit:git-add[1] to learn how to operate the `--patch` mode.
++
+Note that this option uses the no overlay mode by default (see also
+`--[no-]overlay`), and currently doesn't support overlay mode.
--ignore-other-worktrees::
`git checkout` refuses when the wanted ref is already checked
Do not attempt to create a branch if a remote tracking branch
of the same name exists.
+--[no-]overlay::
+ In the default overlay mode, `git checkout` never
+ removes files from the index or the working tree. When
+ specifying `--no-overlay`, files that appear in the index and
+ working tree, but not in <tree-ish> are removed, to make them
+ match <tree-ish> exactly.
+
<branch>::
Branch to checkout; if it refers to a branch (i.e., a name that,
when prepended with "refs/heads/", is a valid ref), then that
<start_point>::
The name of a commit at which to start the new branch; see
linkgit:git-branch[1] for details. Defaults to HEAD.
++
+As a special case, you may use `"A...B"` as a shortcut for the
+merge base of `A` and `B` if there is exactly one merge base. You can
+leave out at most one of `A` and `B`, in which case it defaults to `HEAD`.
<tree-ish>::
Tree to checkout from (when paths are given). If not specified,