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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-checkout.txt | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-worktree.txt | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | builtin/worktree.c | 2 |
3 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt index 5b697eee1b..afa5c11fd3 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt @@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ Use `--no-guess` to disable this. Create the new branch's reflog; see linkgit:git-branch[1] for details. +-d:: --detach:: Rather than checking out a branch to work on it, check out a commit for inspection and discardable experiments. diff --git a/Documentation/git-worktree.txt b/Documentation/git-worktree.txt index f70cda4b36..32e8440cde 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-worktree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-worktree.txt @@ -32,6 +32,18 @@ A repository has one main working tree (if it's not a bare repository) and zero or more linked working trees. When you are done with a linked working tree, remove it with `git worktree remove`. +In its simplest form, `git worktree add <path>` automatically creates a +new branch whose name is the final component of `<path>`, which is +convenient if you plan to work on a new topic. For instance, `git +worktree add ../hotfix` creates new branch `hotfix` and checks it out at +path `../hotfix`. To instead work on an existing branch in a new working +tree, use `git worktree add <path> <branch>`. On the other hand, if you +just plan to make some experimental changes or do testing without +disturbing existing development, it is often convenient to create a +'throwaway' working tree not associated with any branch. For instance, +`git worktree add -d <path>` creates a new working tree with a detached +`HEAD` at the same commit as the current branch. + If a working tree is deleted without using `git worktree remove`, then its associated administrative files, which reside in the repository (see "DETAILS" below), will eventually be removed automatically (see @@ -164,6 +176,7 @@ To remove a locked working tree, specify `--force` twice. exists. `-B` overrides this safeguard, resetting `<new-branch>` to `<commit-ish>`. +-d:: --detach:: With `add`, detach `HEAD` in the new working tree. See "DETACHED HEAD" in linkgit:git-checkout[1]. diff --git a/builtin/worktree.c b/builtin/worktree.c index bb70fde97e..99abaeec6c 100644 --- a/builtin/worktree.c +++ b/builtin/worktree.c @@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ static int add(int ac, const char **av, const char *prefix) N_("create a new branch")), OPT_STRING('B', NULL, &new_branch_force, N_("branch"), N_("create or reset a branch")), - OPT_BOOL(0, "detach", &opts.detach, N_("detach HEAD at named commit")), + OPT_BOOL('d', "detach", &opts.detach, N_("detach HEAD at named commit")), OPT_BOOL(0, "checkout", &opts.checkout, N_("populate the new working tree")), OPT_BOOL(0, "lock", &opts.keep_locked, N_("keep the new working tree locked")), OPT__QUIET(&opts.quiet, N_("suppress progress reporting")), |