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@@ -1059,6 +1059,16 @@ take a file out of another commit
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 restore hello.c from the index

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+<div class="paragraph"><p>If you want to check out <em>all</em> C source files out of the index,

+you can say</p></div>

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+<div class="content">

+<pre><tt>$ git checkout -- '*.c'</tt></pre>

+</div></div>

+<div class="paragraph"><p>Note the quotes around <tt>*.c</tt>.  The file <tt>hello.c</tt> will also be

+checked out, even though it is no longer in the working tree,

+because the file globbing is used to match entries in the index

+(not in the working tree by the shell).</p></div>

 <div class="paragraph"><p>If you have an unfortunate branch that is named <tt>hello.c</tt>, this

 step would be confused as an instruction to switch to that branch.

 You should instead write:</p></div>

@@ -1129,7 +1139,7 @@ $ git add frotz</tt></pre>
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-Last updated 2012-09-10 16:26:53 PDT

+Last updated 2012-09-12 15:56:23 PDT

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