On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 1:44 PM, Eric Sunshine <sunsh...@sunshineco.com> wrote: > On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 5:32 AM, Ed Avis <e...@waniasset.com> wrote: >> Torsten Bögershausen <tboegi <at> web.de> writes: >>>Do you think you can write a patch to improve the documentation ? >> >> Here is my attempt, but it is only a starting point. >> >> diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt >> index d263a56..ee25354 100644 >> --- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt >> +++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt >> @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-checkout(1) >> >> NAME >> ---- >> -git-checkout - Checkout a branch or paths to the working tree >> +git-checkout - Overwrite working tree files with a given branch > > I agree with Duy's suggestion of "switch branches or reset working
I meant, but forgot to say, that I'd probably replace "reset" with "restore" in Duy's suggestion. > tree files" since it explains the high-level purpose of the command, > whereas your wording gives details of the low-level operation without > conveying the high-level purpose. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
