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diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt index 801de2f764..9a396498d1 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt @@ -276,6 +276,10 @@ section of linkgit:git-add[1] to learn how to operate the `--patch` mode. Just like linkgit:git-submodule[1], this will detach the submodules HEAD. +--no-guess:: + Do not attempt to create a branch if a remote tracking branch + of the same name exists. + <branch>:: Branch to checkout; if it refers to a branch (i.e., a name that, when prepended with "refs/heads/", is a valid ref), then that @@ -420,14 +424,14 @@ $ git tag foo <3> ------------ <1> creates a new branch 'foo', which refers to commit 'f', and then -updates HEAD to refer to branch 'foo'. In other words, we'll no longer -be in detached HEAD state after this command. + updates HEAD to refer to branch 'foo'. In other words, we'll no longer + be in detached HEAD state after this command. <2> similarly creates a new branch 'foo', which refers to commit 'f', -but leaves HEAD detached. + but leaves HEAD detached. <3> creates a new tag 'foo', which refers to commit 'f', -leaving HEAD detached. + leaving HEAD detached. If we have moved away from commit 'f', then we must first recover its object name (typically by using git reflog), and then we can create a reference to @@ -455,8 +459,8 @@ EXAMPLES -------- . The following sequence checks out the `master` branch, reverts -the `Makefile` to two revisions back, deletes hello.c by -mistake, and gets it back from the index. + the `Makefile` to two revisions back, deletes hello.c by + mistake, and gets it back from the index. + ------------ $ git checkout master <1> @@ -490,7 +494,7 @@ $ git checkout -- hello.c ------------ . After working in the wrong branch, switching to the correct -branch would be done using: + branch would be done using: + ------------ $ git checkout mytopic @@ -518,7 +522,7 @@ registered in your index file, so `git diff` would show you what changes you made since the tip of the new branch. . When a merge conflict happens during switching branches with -the `-m` option, you would see something like this: + the `-m` option, you would see something like this: + ------------ $ git checkout -m mytopic |