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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-checkout.txt | 12 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt index b889688b40..4f2e847dc3 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt @@ -49,13 +49,17 @@ OPTIONS --track:: When -b is given and a branch is created off a remote branch, - setup so that git-pull will automatically retrieve data from - the remote branch. + set up configuration so that git-pull will automatically + retrieve data from the remote branch. Set the + branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable to true if you + want git-checkout and git-branch to always behave as if + '--track' were given. --no-track:: When -b is given and a branch is created off a remote branch, - force that git-pull will automatically retrieve data from - the remote branch independent of the configuration settings. + set up configuration so that git-pull will not retrieve data + from the remote branch, ignoring the branch.autosetupmerge + configuration variable. -l:: Create the new branch's ref log. This activates recording of |