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diff --git a/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt index 5fa8bab64c..0222a27c5a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt @@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git read-tree' [[-m [--trivial] [--aggressive] | --reset | --prefix=<prefix>] - [-u [--exclude-per-directory=<gitignore>] | -i]] - [--index-output=<file>] [--no-sparse-checkout] + [-u | -i]] [--index-output=<file>] [--no-sparse-checkout] (--empty | <tree-ish1> [<tree-ish2> [<tree-ish3>]]) @@ -88,21 +87,6 @@ OPTIONS The command will refuse to overwrite entries that already existed in the original index file. ---exclude-per-directory=<gitignore>:: - When running the command with `-u` and `-m` options, the - merge result may need to overwrite paths that are not - tracked in the current branch. The command usually - refuses to proceed with the merge to avoid losing such a - path. However this safety valve sometimes gets in the - way. For example, it often happens that the other - branch added a file that used to be a generated file in - your branch, and the safety valve triggers when you try - to switch to that branch after you ran `make` but before - running `make clean` to remove the generated file. This - option tells the command to read per-directory exclude - file (usually '.gitignore') and allows such an untracked - but explicitly ignored file to be overwritten. - --index-output=<file>:: Instead of writing the results out to `$GIT_INDEX_FILE`, write the resulting index in the named file. While the |