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diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt index 3ea3b80635..603f87f3b5 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS [verse] 'git-branch' [--color | --no-color] [-r | -a] [-v [--abbrev=<length> | --no-abbrev]] -'git-branch' [-l] [-f] <branchname> [<start-point>] +'git-branch' [--track | --no-track] [-l] [-f] <branchname> [<start-point>] 'git-branch' (-m | -M) [<oldbranch>] <newbranch> 'git-branch' (-d | -D) [-r] <branchname>... @@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ It will start out with a head equal to the one given as <start-point>. If no <start-point> is given, the branch will be created with a head equal to that of the currently checked out branch. +When a local branch is started off a remote branch, git can setup the +branch so that gitlink:git-pull[1] will appropriately merge from that +remote branch. If this behavior is desired, it is possible to make it +the default using the global `branch.autosetupmerge` configuration +flag. Otherwise, it can be chosen per-branch using the `--track` +and `--no-track` options. + With a '-m' or '-M' option, <oldbranch> will be renamed to <newbranch>. If <oldbranch> had a corresponding reflog, it is renamed to match <newbranch>, and a reflog entry is created to remember the branch |