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| author | Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> | 2009-04-07 14:43:53 +0200 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2009-04-07 21:57:12 -0700 |
| commit | 39470cf961e584ddb505f51bb9c452ebcfd5c569 (patch) | |
| tree | 851484291850cbbe60b0063513b6d77f30ed4144 /Documentation | |
| parent | ce8936c342a15a08029c71fdc92e283e3624bc18 (diff) | |
| download | git-39470cf961e584ddb505f51bb9c452ebcfd5c569.tar.gz | |
git-checkout.txt: clarify that <branch> applies when no path is given.
Otherwise, the sentence "Defaults to HEAD." can be mis-read to mean
that "git checkout -- hello.c" checks-out from HEAD.
Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-checkout.txt | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt index 883047982a..19510de151 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt @@ -85,9 +85,13 @@ should result in deletion of the path). <new_branch>:: Name for the new branch. +<tree-ish>:: + Tree to checkout from (when paths are given). If not specified, + the index will be used. + <branch>:: - Branch to checkout; may be any object ID that resolves to a - commit. Defaults to HEAD. + Branch to checkout (when no paths are given); may be any object + ID that resolves to a commit. Defaults to HEAD. + When this parameter names a non-branch (but still a valid commit object), your HEAD becomes 'detached'. |