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| author |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2010-11-24 15:55:05 -0800 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2010-11-24 15:55:05 -0800 |
| commit | 786f174dab50ea5333fadd1650aa709927a3099f (patch) | |
| tree | 6a4a40b08368f017026473c620e028dfb7697f23 /Documentation/git-checkout.txt | |
| parent | Merge branch 'en/and-cascade-tests' (diff) | |
| parent | git-branch.txt: mention --set-upstream as a way to change upstream configuration (diff) | |
| download | tgif-786f174dab50ea5333fadd1650aa709927a3099f.tar.xz | |
Merge branch 'mm/phrase-remote-tracking'
* mm/phrase-remote-tracking:
git-branch.txt: mention --set-upstream as a way to change upstream configuration
user-manual: remote-tracking can be checked out, with detached HEAD
user-manual.txt: explain better the remote(-tracking) branch terms
Change incorrect "remote branch" to "remote tracking branch" in C code
Change incorrect uses of "remote branch" meaning "remote-tracking"
Change "tracking branch" to "remote-tracking branch"
everyday.txt: change "tracking branch" to "remote-tracking branch"
Change remote tracking to remote-tracking in non-trivial places
Replace "remote tracking" with "remote-tracking"
Better "Changed but not updated" message in git-status
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-checkout.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-checkout.txt | 2 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt index 22d36114df..880763d391 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt @@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ entries; instead, unmerged entries are ignored. "--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/" +derived from the remote-tracking branch. If "remotes/" or "refs/remotes/" is prefixed it is stripped away, and then the part up to the next slash (which would be the nickname of the remote) is removed. This would tell us to use "hack" as the local branch when branching |