The key point for the if statement is that read_tree_some did not
update the entry, because either it doesn't exist in tree-ish or
doesn't match the pathspec. Clarify that.
Suggested-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclo...@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gummerer <t.gumme...@gmail.com>
---
builtin/checkout.c | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/checkout.c b/builtin/checkout.c
index acdafc6e4c..cb166b2e07 100644
--- a/builtin/checkout.c
+++ b/builtin/checkout.c
@@ -304,10 +304,10 @@ static int checkout_paths(const struct checkout_opts
*opts,
continue;
if (opts->source_tree && !(ce->ce_flags & CE_UPDATE))
/*
- * "git checkout tree-ish -- path", but this entry
- * is in the original index; it will not be checked
- * out to the working tree and it does not matter
- * if pathspec matched this entry. We will not do
+ * "git checkout tree-ish -- path" and this entry
+ * is in the original index, but is not in tree-ish
+ * or does not match the pathspec; it will not be
+ * checked out to the working tree. We will not do
* anything to this entry at all.
*/
continue;
--
2.20.1.415.g653613c723
