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diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt index ad4b31e892..4505eb6d84 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt @@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [-m] [<branch>] -'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [-m] [-b <new_branch>] [<start_point>] +'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [-m] [[-b|--orphan] <new_branch>] [<start_point>] 'git checkout' [-f|--ours|--theirs|-m|--conflict=<style>] [<tree-ish>] [--] <paths>... +'git checkout' --patch [<tree-ish>] [--] [<paths>...] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ use the --track or --no-track options, which will be passed to `git branch`. As a convenience, --track without `-b` implies branch creation; see the description of --track below. -When <paths> are given, this command does *not* switch +When <paths> or --patch 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 <tree-ish> (most often a commit). In this case, the `-b` and `--track` options are meaningless and giving @@ -45,9 +46,11 @@ file can be discarded to recreate the original conflicted merge result. OPTIONS ------- -q:: +--quiet:: Quiet, suppress feedback messages. -f:: +--force:: When switching branches, proceed even if the index or the working tree differs from HEAD. This is used to throw away local changes. @@ -87,6 +90,24 @@ explicitly give a name with '-b' in such a case. Create the new branch's reflog; see linkgit:git-branch[1] for details. +--orphan:: + Create a new branch named <new_branch>, unparented to any other + branch. The new branch you switch to does not have any commit + and after the first one it will become the root of a new history + completely unconnected from all the other branches. ++ +When you use "--orphan", the index and the working tree are kept intact. +This allows you to start a new history that records set of paths similar +to that of the start-point commit, which is useful when you want to keep +different branches for different audiences you are working to like when +you have an open source and commercial versions of a software, for example. ++ +If you want to start a disconnected history that records set of paths +totally different from the original branch, you may want to first clear +the index and the working tree, by running "git rm -rf ." from the +top-level of the working tree, before preparing your files (by copying +from elsewhere, extracting a tarball, etc.) in the working tree. + -m:: --merge:: When switching branches, @@ -113,6 +134,16 @@ the conflicted merge in the specified paths. "merge" (default) and "diff3" (in addition to what is shown by "merge" style, shows the original contents). +-p:: +--patch:: + Interactively select hunks in the difference between the + <tree-ish> (or the index, if unspecified) and the working + tree. The chosen hunks are then applied in reverse to the + working tree (and if a <tree-ish> was specified, the index). ++ +This means that you can use `git checkout -p` to selectively discard +edits from your current working tree. + <branch>:: Branch to checkout; if it refers to a branch (i.e., a name that, when prepended with "refs/heads/", is a valid ref), then that |