Hi Marcus,
Marcus Better wrote:
> Package: git-core
> Version: 1:1.6.0.6-1
> Severity: wishlist
>
> The checkout-index command is frequently useful but is missing from
> shell completion.
Hmm, checkout-index is intended more as a building block in scripts.
If you end up needing to rely on checkout-index frequently, that means
the user-level commands like 'git checkout' probably need some
improvement. With the checkout-index command, as the manual says,
"Intuitiveness is not the goal here. Repeatability is", so other
commands to do the same things are very useful. :)
I assume you use checkout-index for the --prefix=<dest>/ option? In
that case, why use that instead of the following?
git archive HEAD | (cd <dest> && tar xf -)
I am genuinely curious; I have needed that functionality before and
been too intimidated to use 'git checkout-index' for fear I might
misunderstand the semantics.
Looking forward to your thoughts,
Jonathan
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