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--no-abbrev::
Display the full sha1s in output listing rather than abbreviating them.
+--track::
+ Set up configuration so that git-pull will automatically
+ retrieve data from the remote branch. Use this if you always
+ pull from the same remote branch into the new branch, or if you
+ don't want to use "git pull <repository> <refspec>" explicitly. 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,
+ set up configuration so that git-pull will not retrieve data
+ from the remote branch, ignoring the branch.autosetupmerge
+ configuration variable.
+
<branchname>::
The name of the branch to create or delete.
The new branch name must pass all checks defined by