NAME
git-checkout-index - Copy files from the index to the working treeSYNOPSIS
git checkout-index [-u] [-q] [-a] [-f] [-n] [--prefix=<string>] [--stage=<number>|all] [--temp] [--ignore-skip-worktree-bits] [-z] [--stdin] [--] [<file>...]
DESCRIPTION
Will copy all files listed from the index to the working directory (not overwriting existing files).OPTIONS
-u, --indexupdate stat information for the checked out
entries in the index file.
-q, --quiet
be quiet if files exist or are not in the
index
-f, --force
forces overwrite of existing files
-a, --all
checks out all files in the index except for
those with the skip-worktree bit set (see --ignore-skip-worktree-bits).
Cannot be used together with explicit filenames.
-n, --no-create
Don’t checkout new files, only refresh
files already checked out.
--prefix=<string>
When creating files, prepend <string>
(usually a directory including a trailing /)
--stage=<number>|all
Instead of checking out unmerged entries, copy
out the files from named stage. <number> must be between 1 and 3. Note:
--stage=all automatically implies --temp.
--temp
Instead of copying the files to the working
directory write the content to temporary files. The temporary name
associations will be written to stdout.
--ignore-skip-worktree-bits
Check out all files, including those with the
skip-worktree bit set.
--stdin
Instead of taking list of paths from the
command line, read list of paths from the standard input. Paths are separated
by LF (i.e. one path per line) by default.
-z
Only meaningful with --stdin; paths are
separated with NUL character instead of LF.
--
Do not interpret any more arguments as
options.
$ find . -name '*.h' -print0 | xargs -0 git checkout-index -f --
$ find . -name '*.h' -print0 | git checkout-index -f -z --stdin
USING --TEMP OR --STAGE=ALL
When --temp is used (or implied by --stage=all) git checkout-index will create a temporary file for each index entry being checked out. The index will not be updated with stat information. These options can be useful if the caller needs all stages of all unmerged entries so that the unmerged files can be processed by an external merge tool. 1.tempname TAB path RS
The first format is what gets used when --stage is omitted or is not
--stage=all. The field tempname is the temporary file name holding the
file content and path is the tracked path name in the index. Only the
requested entries are output.
2.stage1temp SP stage2temp SP stage3tmp TAB
path RS
The second format is what gets used when --stage=all. The three stage
temporary fields (stage1temp, stage2temp, stage3temp) list the name of the
temporary file if there is a stage entry in the index or . if there is
no stage entry. Paths which only have a stage 0 entry will always be omitted
from the output.
EXAMPLES
To update and refresh only the files already checked out$ git checkout-index -n -f -a && git update-index --ignore-missing --refresh
The prefix ability basically makes it trivial
to use git checkout-index as an "export as tree" function.
Just read the desired tree into the index, and do:
git checkout-index will "export" the index into the specified
directory.
The final "/" is important. The exported name is literally just
prefixed with the specified string. Contrast this with the following
example.
Export files with a prefix
$ git checkout-index --prefix=git-export-dir/ -a
$ git checkout-index --prefix=.merged- Makefile
GIT
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