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1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt index 22d36114df..880763d391 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt @@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ entries; instead, unmerged entries are ignored. "--track" in linkgit:git-branch[1] for details. + If no '-b' option is given, the name of the new branch will be -derived from the remote branch. If "remotes/" or "refs/remotes/" +derived from the remote-tracking branch. If "remotes/" or "refs/remotes/" is prefixed it is stripped away, and then the part up to the next slash (which would be the nickname of the remote) is removed. This would tell us to use "hack" as the local branch when branching |