<div class="sectionbody">\r
<div class="verseblock">\r
<div class="content"><em>git-checkout-index</em> [-u] [-q] [-a] [-f] [-n] [--prefix=<string>]\r
- [--stage=<number>]\r
+ [--stage=<number>|all]\r
+ [--temp]\r
[-z] [--stdin]\r
[--] [<file>]*</div></div>\r
</div>\r
</p>\r
</dd>\r
<dt>\r
---stage=<number>\r
+--stage=<number>|all\r
</dt>\r
<dd>\r
<p>\r
Instead of checking out unmerged entries, copy out the\r
files from named stage. <number> must be between 1 and 3.\r
+ Note: --stage=all automatically implies --temp.\r
+</p>\r
+</dd>\r
+<dt>\r
+--temp\r
+</dt>\r
+<dd>\r
+<p>\r
+ Instead of copying the files to the working directory\r
+ write the content to temporary files. The temporary name\r
+ associations will be written to stdout.\r
</p>\r
</dd>\r
<dt>\r
it will prevent problems with a filename of, for example, <tt>-a</tt>.\r
Using <tt>--</tt> is probably a good policy in scripts.</p>\r
</div>\r
+<h2>Using --temp or --stage=all</h2>\r
+<div class="sectionbody">\r
+<p>When <tt>--temp</tt> is used (or implied by <tt>--stage=all</tt>)\r
+<tt>git-checkout-index</tt> will create a temporary file for each index\r
+entry being checked out. The index will not be updated with stat\r
+information. These options can be useful if the caller needs all\r
+stages of all unmerged entries so that the unmerged files can be\r
+processed by an external merge tool.</p>\r
+<p>A listing will be written to stdout providing the association of\r
+temporary file names to tracked path names. The listing format\r
+has two variations:</p>\r
+<ol>\r
+<li>\r
+<p>\r
+tempname TAB path RS\r
+</p>\r
+<p>The first format is what gets used when <tt>--stage</tt> is omitted or\r
+is not <tt>--stage=all</tt>. The field tempname is the temporary file\r
+name holding the file content and path is the tracked path name in\r
+the index. Only the requested entries are output.</p>\r
+</li>\r
+<li>\r
+<p>\r
+stage1temp SP stage2temp SP stage3tmp TAB path RS\r
+</p>\r
+<p>The second format is what gets used when <tt>--stage=all</tt>. The three\r
+stage temporary fields (stage1temp, stage2temp, stage3temp) list the\r
+name of the temporary file if there is a stage entry in the index\r
+or <tt>.</tt> if there is no stage entry. Paths which only have a stage 0\r
+entry will always be omitted from the output.</p>\r
+</li>\r
+</ol>\r
+<p>In both formats RS (the record separator) is newline by default\r
+but will be the null byte if -z was passed on the command line.\r
+The temporary file names are always safe strings; they will never\r
+contain directory separators or whitespace characters. The path\r
+field is always relative to the current directory and the temporary\r
+file names are always relative to the top level directory.</p>\r
+<p>If the object being copied out to a temporary file is a symbolic\r
+link the content of the link will be written to a normal file. It is\r
+up to the end-user or the Porcelain to make use of this information.</p>\r
+</div>\r
<h2>EXAMPLES</h2>\r
<div class="sectionbody">\r
<dl>\r
</div>\r
<div id="footer">\r
<div id="footer-text">\r
-Last updated 05-Mar-2006 01:54:46 UTC\r
+Last updated 07-Mar-2006 05:16:20 UTC\r
</div>\r
</div>\r
</body>\r
--------
[verse]
'git-checkout-index' [-u] [-q] [-a] [-f] [-n] [--prefix=<string>]
- [--stage=<number>]
+ [--stage=<number>|all]
+ [--temp]
[-z] [--stdin]
[--] [<file>]\*
When creating files, prepend <string> (usually a directory
including a trailing /)
---stage=<number>::
+--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.
--stdin::
Instead of taking list of paths from the command line,
Using `--` is probably a good policy in scripts.
+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.
+
+A listing will be written to stdout providing the association of
+temporary file names to tracked path names. The listing format
+has two variations:
+
+ . 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.
+
+ . 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.
+
+In both formats RS (the record separator) is newline by default
+but will be the null byte if -z was passed on the command line.
+The temporary file names are always safe strings; they will never
+contain directory separators or whitespace characters. The path
+field is always relative to the current directory and the temporary
+file names are always relative to the top level directory.
+
+If the object being copied out to a temporary file is a symbolic
+link the content of the link will be written to a normal file. It is
+up to the end-user or the Porcelain to make use of this information.
+
+
EXAMPLES
--------
To update and refresh only the files already checked out::