Re: git annoyances: how to force git to fetch a particular file

[Dan Kegel]

On 7/11/06, Mike McCormack <mike(a)codeweavers.com> wrote:
> > Sigh, I guess I'll just have to keep blowing away my git tree every
> > few days... shame I'm not smart enough to use 'git fetch' properly.
>
> Well, if you want to do it in a bit of a round about way:
>
> git diff-index -p HEAD > foo.diff

/me goes off to read up on the -index commands, which are news to me.