If I want to replace a folder on a working branch with the same folder from another branch,
I can call:
git checkout OTHER_BRANCH -- /path/to/folder
what is the meaning of the — ?
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Everything after
--is considered a file name. This is useful in at least two cases:git checkout foo --andgit checkout -- foogit checkout -- -f(alternatively:git checkout ./-f