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| author |  Chris Rorvick <chris@rorvick.com> | 2012-12-17 00:45:02 -0600 |
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| committer |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2012-12-18 11:07:44 -0800 |
| commit | 00bb4378c788a6bd6e4fdbca1f9f70ec8c2fe30c (patch) | |
| tree | 60d3eacb263e709e8aa151f8227f80000dc5cb72 | |
| parent | Documentation/git-checkout.txt: clarify usage (diff) | |
| download | tgif-00bb4378c788a6bd6e4fdbca1f9f70ec8c2fe30c.tar.xz | |
Documentation/git-checkout.txt: document 70c9ac2 behavior
Document the behavior implemented in 70c9ac2 (DWIM "git checkout
frotz" to "git checkout -b frotz origin/frotz").
Signed-off-by: Chris Rorvick <chris@rorvick.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-checkout.txt | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt index ad33eb49ae..6f04d22f5e 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt @@ -28,6 +28,14 @@ branch. working tree are kept, so that they can be committed to the <branch>. + +If <branch> is not found but there does exist a tracking branch in +exactly one remote (call it <remote>) with a matching name, treat as +equivalent to ++ +------------ +$ git checkout -b <branch> --track <remote>/<branch> +------------ ++ You could omit <branch>, in which case the command degenerates to "check out the current branch", which is a glorified no-op with a rather expensive side-effects to show only the tracking information, |