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| author |  Jiang Xin <worldhello.net@gmail.com> | 2019-05-31 14:34:26 +0800 |
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| committer | Jiang Xin <worldhello.net@gmail.com> | 2019-05-31 14:34:26 +0800 |
| commit | a17177ce3ac74afc0b2e6fc6c80c1e1991b96a13 (patch) | |
| tree | 0ff1a62d28a13bc8d8708148b85d3b0ba2632f92 /Documentation/git-branch.txt | |
| parent | Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/Softcatala/git-po (diff) | |
| parent | Git 2.22-rc2 (diff) | |
| download | tgif-a17177ce3ac74afc0b2e6fc6c80c1e1991b96a13.tar.xz | |
Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git
* 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git: (66 commits)
Git 2.22-rc2
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt index 0cd87ddeff..6ebd512b4f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt @@ -45,7 +45,11 @@ argument is missing it defaults to `HEAD` (i.e. the tip of the current branch). The command's second form creates a new branch head named <branchname> -which points to the current `HEAD`, or <start-point> if given. +which points to the current `HEAD`, or <start-point> if given. As a +special case, for <start-point>, you may use `"A...B"` as a shortcut for +the merge base of `A` and `B` if there is exactly one merge base. You +can leave out at most one of `A` and `B`, in which case it defaults to +`HEAD`. Note that this will create the new branch, but it will not switch the working tree to it; use "git checkout <newbranch>" to switch to the |