On Friday, March 15, 2013 9:36:30 AM UTC-7, Konstantin Khomoutov wrote: > > On Fri, 15 Mar 2013 08:14:15 -0700 (PDT) > joeri...@gmail.com <javascript:> wrote: > > [...] > > No problem. There is what I consider a typo in that help page: > > > > git checkout [--patch] [<tree-ish>] [--] <pathspec>... > > When <paths> or --patch are given, > > > > Shouldn't "<paths>" be "<pathspec>"? Maybe the two are considered > > synonymous? > > Or <paths> is equivalent to the plural of <pathspec>. > > Uh... no, I think it isn't. The term "pathspec" is an abbreviation of > "path specification" which hints at that it might support something > fancy like globbing characters, allowing to match several paths with > one spec. >
So what, then, does <paths> refer? There is no literal <paths> in the "call" to git. Shouldn't the help page say "When <pathspec> or --path is given, ... " -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Git for human beings" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to git-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
