checkout: add --ignore-skip-worktree-bits in sparse checkout mode

[thirdparty/git.git] / Documentation / git-checkout.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
index 8edcdcae9d0082928073a85c77bdc30593ad5361..23a9413525d4f90435c4996af4d4866b326783bb 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
@@ -180,6 +180,12 @@ branch by running "git rm -rf ." from the top level of the working tree.
 Afterwards you will be ready to prepare your new files, repopulating the
 working tree, by copying them from elsewhere, extracting a tarball, etc.
 
+--ignore-skip-worktree-bits::
+       In sparse checkout mode, `git checkout -- <paths>` would
+       update only entries matched by <paths> and sparse patterns
+       in $GIT_DIR/info/sparse-checkout. This option ignores
+       the sparse patterns and adds back any files in <paths>.
+
 -m::
 --merge::
        When switching branches,