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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, |