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@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ the first namespace level.
When <paths> are given, this command does *not* switch
branches. It updates the named paths in the working tree from
-the index file, or from a named commit. In
+the index file, or from a named <tree-ish> (most often a commit). In
this case, the `-b` options is meaningless and giving
either of them results in an error. <tree-ish> argument can be
used to specify a specific tree-ish (i.e. commit, tag or tree)
@@ -232,7 +232,6 @@ the `-m` option, you would see something like this:
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$ git checkout -m mytopic
Auto-merging frotz
-merge: warning: conflicts during merge
ERROR: Merge conflict in frotz
fatal: merge program failed
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