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diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt index 16d3c872a0..22ad10d952 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-checkout - Checkout a branch or paths to the working tree SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [-t | --track | --no-track] [-b <new_branch> [-l]] [-m] [<branch>] +'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [-m] [-b <new_branch>] [<branch>] 'git checkout' [-f|--ours|--theirs|-m|--conflict=<style>] [<tree-ish>] [--] <paths>... DESCRIPTION @@ -18,8 +18,9 @@ When <paths> are not given, this command switches branches by updating the index and working tree to reflect the specified branch, <branch>, and updating HEAD to be <branch> or, if specified, <new_branch>. Using -b will cause <new_branch> to -be created; in this case you can use the --track or --no-track -options, which will be passed to `git branch`. +be created as if linkgit:git-branch[1] were called; in this case you can +use the --track or --no-track options, which will be passed to `git +branch`. As a convenience, --track will default to creating a branch whose name is constructed from the specified branch name by stripping @@ -62,22 +63,12 @@ entries; instead, unmerged entries are ignored. -b:: Create a new branch named <new_branch> and start it at - <branch>. The new branch name must pass all checks defined - by linkgit:git-check-ref-format[1]. Some of these checks - may restrict the characters allowed in a branch name. + <branch>; see linkgit:git-branch[1] for details. -t:: --track:: - When creating a new branch, set up configuration so that 'git-pull' - will automatically retrieve data from the start point, which must be - a branch. Use this if you always pull from the same upstream branch - into the new branch, and if you don't want to use "git pull - <repository> <refspec>" explicitly. This behavior is the default - when the start point is a remote branch. Set the - branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable to `false` if you want - 'git checkout' and 'git branch' to always behave as if '--no-track' were - given. Set it to `always` if you want this behavior when the - start point is either a local or remote branch. + When creating a new branch, set up "upstream" configuration. See + "--track" in linkgit:git-branch[1] for details. + If no '-b' option is given, the name of the new branch will be derived from the remote branch. If "remotes/" or "refs/remotes/" @@ -94,9 +85,8 @@ explicitly give a name with '-b' in such a case. branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable is true. -l:: - Create the new branch's reflog. This activates recording of - all changes made to the branch ref, enabling use of date - based sha1 expressions such as "<branchname>@\{yesterday}". + Create the new branch's reflog; see linkgit:git-branch[1] for + details. -m:: --merge:: |