"Anand Kumria" <wildfire@progsoc.org> writes:

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> On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 11:07:19 -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
>> It is often wanted on the #git channel that this were to work to
>> recover removed directory:
>> 
>> 	rm -fr Documentation
>> 	git checkout -- Documentation
>> 	git checkout HEAD -- Documentation ;# alternatively
>> 
>> Now it does.
>
> One thing I often seem to do is make some changes, test them out and
> remove the file if it wa a dead end and get my original back with
> 'cg-restore <file>'. Does this mean that the git equivalent will be 'git
> checkout -- <file>' as well?

Naming individual files has been supported for a long time.
What this patch adds is an ability to name a whole directory to
restore to the index state or a named commit state).

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