NAME

       ostree-checkout - Check out a commit into a filesystem

SYNOPSIS

       ostree checkout [OPTIONS...] {COMMIT} [DESTINATION]

DESCRIPTION

       Checks out the given commit into the filesystem under directory DESTINATION. If
       DESTINATION is not specified, the COMMIT will become the destination checkout target. If
       COMMIT destination already exists, command will error unless --union option is selected.

OPTIONS

       --user-mode, -u
           Do not change file ownership or initialize extended attributes.

       --subpath="PATH"
           Checkout sub-directory PATH.

       --union
           Keep existing directories and unchanged files, overwrite existing files.

       --union-add
           Keep existing directories and files.

       --union-identical
           Like --union, but error out if a file would be replaced with a different file. Add new
           files and directories, ignore identical files, and keep existing directories. Requires
           -H.

       --allow-noent
           Do nothing if specified path does not exist.

       --from-stdin
           Process many checkouts from standard input.

       --from-file="FILE"
           Process many checkouts from input file.

EXAMPLE

       $ ostree checkout my-branch

       $ ls

                   file1    file2    my-branch