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| author |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2013-10-17 15:55:08 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2013-10-17 15:55:08 -0700 |
| commit | ff6e1b887f6f038b7e8d7aaea2ca19d9add03607 (patch) | |
| tree | d7fe4b395fac392a6c48f89077268fa144ca74f3 /Documentation | |
| parent | Sync with maint (diff) | |
| parent | checkout: update synopsys and documentation on detaching HEAD (diff) | |
| download | tgif-ff6e1b887f6f038b7e8d7aaea2ca19d9add03607.tar.xz | |
Merge branch 'jc/checkout-detach-doc'
"git checkout [--detach] <commit>" was listed poorly in the
synopsis section of its documentation.
* jc/checkout-detach-doc:
checkout: update synopsys and documentation on detaching HEAD
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-checkout.txt | 14 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt index ca118ac6bf..91294f89c8 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt @@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [-m] [<branch>] -'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [-m] [--detach] [<commit>] +'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [-m] --detach [<branch>] +'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [-m] [--detach] <commit> 'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [-m] [[-b|-B|--orphan] <new_branch>] [<start_point>] 'git checkout' [-f|--ours|--theirs|-m|--conflict=<style>] [<tree-ish>] [--] <paths>... 'git checkout' [-p|--patch] [<tree-ish>] [--] [<paths>...] @@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ that is to say, the branch is not reset/created unless "git checkout" is successful. 'git checkout' --detach [<branch>]:: -'git checkout' <commit>:: +'git checkout' [--detach] <commit>:: Prepare to work on top of <commit>, by detaching HEAD at it (see "DETACHED HEAD" section), and updating the index and the @@ -71,10 +72,11 @@ successful. tree will be the state recorded in the commit plus the local modifications. + -Passing `--detach` forces this behavior in the case of a <branch> (without -the option, giving a branch name to the command would check out the branch, -instead of detaching HEAD at it), or the current commit, -if no <branch> is specified. +When the <commit> argument is a branch name, the `--detach` option can +be used to detach HEAD at the tip of the branch (`git checkout +<branch>` would check out that branch without detaching HEAD). ++ +Omitting <branch> detaches HEAD at the tip of the current branch. 'git checkout' [-p|--patch] [<tree-ish>] [--] <pathspec>...:: |