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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-checkout.txt12
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
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