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| author |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2016-07-13 11:24:14 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2016-07-13 11:24:14 -0700 |
| commit | ce18123cec7674b58bb57272fdfa28de6ecc6b18 (patch) | |
| tree | fce7f39f74bb41dd3dc6d730752c24fc4ddda2c9 /Documentation/git-branch.txt | |
| parent | Merge branch 'dg/subtree-rebase-test' (diff) | |
| parent | doc: typeset HEAD and variants as literal (diff) | |
| download | tgif-ce18123cec7674b58bb57272fdfa28de6ecc6b18.tar.xz | |
Merge branch 'mm/doc-tt'
More mark-up updates to typeset strings that are expected to
literally typed by the end user in fixed-width font.
* mm/doc-tt:
doc: typeset HEAD and variants as literal
CodingGuidelines: formatting HEAD in documentation
doc: typeset long options with argument as literal
doc: typeset '--' as literal
doc: typeset long command-line options as literal
doc: typeset short command-line options as literal
Documentation/git-mv.txt: fix whitespace indentation
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-branch.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-branch.txt | 6 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt index 4a7037f1c8..1fe73448f3 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt @@ -39,10 +39,10 @@ named commit). With `--merged`, only branches merged into the named commit (i.e. the branches whose tip commits are reachable from the named commit) will be listed. With `--no-merged` only branches not merged into the named commit will be listed. If the <commit> argument is missing it -defaults to 'HEAD' (i.e. the tip of the current branch). +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. 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 @@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ This option is only applicable in non-verbose mode. + This behavior is the default when the start point is a remote-tracking branch. Set the branch.autoSetupMerge configuration variable to `false` if you -want `git checkout` and `git branch` to always behave as if '--no-track' +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-tracking branch. |