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diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt index 2e58481ed6..b4cfa044bb 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ OPTIONS -b:: Create a new branch named <new_branch> and start it at <branch>. The new branch name must pass all checks defined - by gitlink:git-check-ref-format[1]. Some of these checks + by linkgit:git-check-ref-format[1]. Some of these checks may restrict the characters allowed in a branch name. --track:: @@ -52,10 +52,11 @@ OPTIONS set up configuration so that git-pull will automatically retrieve data from the remote branch. Use this if you always pull from the same remote branch into the new branch, or if you - don't want to use "git pull <repository> <refspec>" explicitly. Set the - branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable to true if you + don't want to use "git pull <repository> <refspec>" explicitly. + This behavior is the default. Set the + branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable to false if you want git-checkout and git-branch to always behave as if - '--track' were given. + '--no-track' were given. --no-track:: When -b is given and a branch is created off a remote branch, @@ -216,4 +217,4 @@ Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. GIT --- -Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite +Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite |