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diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt index b84ec26276..1548312b35 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt @@ -161,6 +161,10 @@ edits from your current working tree. As a special case, the `"@\{-N\}"` syntax for the N-th last branch checks out the branch (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 +merge base of `A` and `B` if there is exactly one merge base. You can +leave out at most one of `A` and `B`, in which case it defaults to `HEAD`. <new_branch>:: Name for the new branch. |