Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-checkout.txt: Document "git checkout <pathspec>" better

From: Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2015 11:23:04 -0700

Ed Avis <[email-masked]> writes:

> I guess 'replace' would be a better word than 'restore' for the current
> behaviour.

Hmm, but wouldn't replace have the same issue as overwrite, namely,
'replace with what?'.