int force_detach;
int writeout_stage;
int writeout_error;
+ int overwrite_ignore;
/* not set by parse_options */
int branch_exists;
topts.gently = opts->merge && old->commit;
topts.verbose_update = !opts->quiet;
topts.fn = twoway_merge;
- topts.dir = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*topts.dir));
- topts.dir->flags |= DIR_SHOW_IGNORED;
- setup_standard_excludes(topts.dir);
+ if (opts->overwrite_ignore) {
+ topts.dir = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*topts.dir));
+ topts.dir->flags |= DIR_SHOW_IGNORED;
+ setup_standard_excludes(topts.dir);
+ }
tree = parse_tree_indirect(old->commit ?
old->commit->object.sha1 :
EMPTY_TREE_SHA1_BIN);
3),
OPT__FORCE(&opts.force, "force checkout (throw away local modifications)"),
OPT_BOOLEAN('m', "merge", &opts.merge, "perform a 3-way merge with the new branch"),
+ OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "overwrite-ignore", &opts.overwrite_ignore, "update ignored files (default)"),
OPT_STRING(0, "conflict", &conflict_style, "style",
"conflict style (merge or diff3)"),
OPT_BOOLEAN('p', "patch", &patch_mode, "select hunks interactively"),
memset(&opts, 0, sizeof(opts));
memset(&new, 0, sizeof(new));
+ opts.overwrite_ignore = 1;
gitmodules_config();
git_config(git_checkout_config, &opts);