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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-checkout.txt | 10 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt index 4a1fb53096..ad4b31e892 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt @@ -114,11 +114,11 @@ the conflicted merge in the specified paths. "merge" style, shows the original contents). <branch>:: - Branch to checkout (when no paths are given); may be any object - ID that resolves to a commit. Defaults to HEAD. -+ -When this parameter names a non-branch (but still a valid commit object), -your HEAD becomes 'detached'. + Branch to checkout; if it refers to a branch (i.e., a name that, + when prepended with "refs/heads/", is a valid ref), then that + branch is checked out. Otherwise, if it refers to a valid + commit, your HEAD becomes "detached" and you are no longer on + any branch (see below for details). + As a special case, the `"@\{-N\}"` syntax for the N-th last branch checks out the branch (instead of detaching). You may also specify |