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diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt index 3ad9760a4d..5aa69c0e12 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt @@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ git-checkout - Checkout a branch or paths to the working tree SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git-checkout' [-q] [-f] [[--track | --no-track] -b <new_branch> [-l]] [-m] [<branch>] -'git-checkout' [<tree-ish>] <paths>... +'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [[--track | --no-track] -b <new_branch> [-l]] [-m] [<branch>] +'git checkout' [<tree-ish>] [--] <paths>... DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ options, which will be passed to `git branch`. When <paths> are given, this command does *not* switch branches. It updates the named paths in the working tree from -the index file (i.e. it runs `git-checkout-index -f -u`), or +the index file (i.e. it runs `git checkout-index -f -u`), or from a named commit. In this case, the `-f` and `-b` options are meaningless and giving either of them results in an error. <tree-ish> argument can be @@ -49,14 +49,14 @@ OPTIONS -t:: --track:: - When creating a new branch, set up configuration so that git-pull + When creating a new branch, set up configuration so that 'git-pull' will automatically retrieve data from the start point, which must be a branch. Use this if you always pull from the same upstream branch into the new branch, and if you don't want to use "git pull <repository> <refspec>" explicitly. This behavior is the default when the start point is a remote branch. Set the branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable to `false` if you want - git-checkout and git-branch to always behave as if '--no-track' were + 'git-checkout' and 'git-branch' to always behave as if '--no-track' were given. Set it to `always` if you want this behavior when the start-point is either a local or remote branch. @@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ current branch and directly point at the commit named by the tag (`v2.6.18` in the above example). You can use usual git commands while in this state. You can use -`git-reset --hard $othercommit` to further move around, for +`git reset --hard $othercommit` to further move around, for example. You can make changes and create a new commit on top of a detached HEAD. You can even create a merge by using `git merge $othercommit`. |