order of the flags used to matter, but not anymore.</p>
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<p>Just doing <code>git checkout-index</code> does nothing. You probably meant
<code>git checkout-index -a</code>. And if you want to force it, you want
<code>git checkout-index -f -a</code>.</p>
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<p>Intuitiveness is not the goal here. Repeatability is. The reason for
the "no arguments means no work" behavior is that from scripts you are
supposed to be able to do:</p>
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