使用带通配符的 Pathspec 进行 Git Checkout

Question

I would like to restore some files in the working directory to the state of the latest commit on the current local branch, which is master , however, my attempts to use git checkout to achieve this have failed consistently.

I have confirmed that the following works: git checkout HEAD src/graphql/User.ts

But I know that I should be able to use a wildcard in the pathspec, ie : git checkout HEAD '*/User.ts'

However this fails.

How can I use a pathspec with a wildcard to restore a limited set of files to the state stored in the latest or previous commit?

Answer 1

As it turns out, there are two solutions to this problem.

1. Git has shipped a new feature called restore which allows for the use of a pathspec. See ( https://git-scm.com/docs/git-restore ). So

git restore */User.ts

will work.

2. The following will work as well, although I'm not quite sure why:

git checkout -- '*/User.ts'