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Fix issue #548: git checkout command copy the file for you #549

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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion book/02-git-basics/sections/undoing.asc
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It's important to understand that `git checkout -- <file>` is a dangerous command.
Any changes you made to that file are gone – you just copied another file over it.
Any changes you made to that file are gone – Git just copied another file over it.
Don't ever use this command unless you absolutely know that you don't want the file.
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