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diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt index ca118ac6bf..33ad2adf5c 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt @@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [-m] [<branch>] -'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [-m] [--detach] [<commit>] +'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [-m] --detach [<branch>] +'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [-m] [--detach] <commit> 'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [-m] [[-b|-B|--orphan] <new_branch>] [<start_point>] 'git checkout' [-f|--ours|--theirs|-m|--conflict=<style>] [<tree-ish>] [--] <paths>... 'git checkout' [-p|--patch] [<tree-ish>] [--] [<paths>...] @@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ that is to say, the branch is not reset/created unless "git checkout" is successful. 'git checkout' --detach [<branch>]:: -'git checkout' <commit>:: +'git checkout' [--detach] <commit>:: Prepare to work on top of <commit>, by detaching HEAD at it (see "DETACHED HEAD" section), and updating the index and the @@ -71,10 +72,11 @@ successful. tree will be the state recorded in the commit plus the local modifications. + -Passing `--detach` forces this behavior in the case of a <branch> (without -the option, giving a branch name to the command would check out the branch, -instead of detaching HEAD at it), or the current commit, -if no <branch> is specified. +When the <commit> argument is a branch name, the `--detach` option can +be used to detach HEAD at the tip of the branch (`git checkout +<branch>` would check out that branch without detaching HEAD). ++ +Omitting <branch> detaches HEAD at the tip of the current branch. 'git checkout' [-p|--patch] [<tree-ish>] [--] <pathspec>...:: @@ -230,8 +232,8 @@ section of linkgit:git-add[1] to learn how to operate the `--patch` mode. commit, your HEAD becomes "detached" and you are no longer on any branch (see below for details). + -As a special case, the `"@{-N}"` syntax for the N-th last branch -checks out the branch (instead of detaching). You may also specify +As a special case, the `"@{-N}"` syntax for the N-th last branch/commit +checks out branches (instead of detaching). You may also specify `-` which is synonymous with `"@{-1}"`. + As a further special case, you may use `"A...B"` as a shortcut for the |