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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2012-01-03 16:22:37 -0800
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--prefix=<prefix>/::
Keep the current index contents, and read the contents
- of the named tree-ish under the directory at `<prefix>`. The
- original index file cannot have anything at the path
- `<prefix>` itself, nor anything in the `<prefix>/`
- directory. Note that the `<prefix>/` value must end
- with a slash.
+ of the named tree-ish under the directory at `<prefix>`.
+ The command will refuse to overwrite entries that already
+ existed in the original index file. Note that the `<prefix>/`
+ value must end with a slash.
--exclude-per-directory=<gitignore>::
When running the command with `-u` and `-m` options, the