From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 18:54:10 +0000 (-0800)
Subject: git-checkout: allow pathspec to recover lost working tree directory
X-Git-Tag: v1.4.4.1~21
X-Git-Url: https://git.lorimer.id.au/gitweb.git/diff_plain/bf7e1472df65c948581e2fecd494eccfaa40b9d9?hp=--cc

git-checkout: allow pathspec to recover lost working tree directory

It is often wanted on the #git channel that this were to work to
recover removed directory:

rm -fr Documentation
git checkout -- Documentation
git checkout HEAD -- Documentation ;# alternatively

Now it does.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
---

bf7e1472df65c948581e2fecd494eccfaa40b9d9
diff --git a/git-checkout.sh b/git-checkout.sh
index eb28b291b6..737abd0c09 100755
--- a/git-checkout.sh
+++ b/git-checkout.sh
@@ -112,7 +112,11 @@ Did you intend to checkout '$@' which can not be resolved as commit?"
 		git-ls-tree --full-name -r "$new" "$@" |
 		git-update-index --index-info || exit $?
 	fi
-	git-checkout-index -f -u -- "$@"
+
+	# Make sure the request is about existing paths.
+	git-ls-files --error-unmatch -- "$@" >/dev/null || exit
+	git-ls-files -- "$@" |
+	git-checkout-index -f -u --stdin
 	exit $?
 else
 	# Make sure we did not fall back on $arg^{tree} codepath