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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-worktree.txt12
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/doc-diff b/Documentation/doc-diff
index cece4fd537..dfd9418778 100755
--- a/Documentation/doc-diff
+++ b/Documentation/doc-diff
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ fi
# results that don't differ between the two trees.
if ! test -d "$tmp/worktree"
then
- git worktree add --detach "$tmp/worktree" "$from" &&
+ git worktree add -f --detach "$tmp/worktree" "$from" &&
dots=$(echo "$tmp/worktree" | sed 's#[^/]*#..#g') &&
ln -s "$dots/config.mak" "$tmp/worktree/config.mak"
fi
diff --git a/Documentation/git-worktree.txt b/Documentation/git-worktree.txt
index 29a5b7e252..e2ee9fc21b 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-worktree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-worktree.txt
@@ -120,8 +120,16 @@ OPTIONS
--force::
By default, `add` refuses to create a new working tree when
`<commit-ish>` is a branch name and is already checked out by
- another working tree and `remove` refuses to remove an unclean
- working tree. This option overrides these safeguards.
+ another working tree, or if `<path>` is already assigned to some
+ working tree but is missing (for instance, if `<path>` was deleted
+ manually). This option overrides these safeguards. To add a missing but
+ locked working tree path, specify `--force` twice.
++
+`move` refuses to move a locked working tree unless `--force` is specified
+twice.
++
+`remove` refuses to remove an unclean working tree unless `--force` is used.
+To remove a locked working tree, specify `--force` twice.
-b <new-branch>::
-B <new-branch>::