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diff --git a/Documentation/git-worktree.txt b/Documentation/git-worktree.txt index afc6576a14..9c26be40f4 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-worktree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-worktree.txt @@ -60,6 +60,15 @@ with a matching name, treat as equivalent to: $ git worktree add --track -b <branch> <path> <remote>/<branch> ------------ + +If the branch exists in multiple remotes and one of them is named by +the `checkout.defaultRemote` configuration variable, we'll use that +one for the purposes of disambiguation, even if the `<branch>` isn't +unique across all remotes. Set it to +e.g. `checkout.defaultRemote=origin` to always checkout remote +branches from there if `<branch>` is ambiguous but exists on the +'origin' remote. See also `checkout.defaultRemote` in +linkgit:git-config[1]. ++ If `<commit-ish>` is omitted and neither `-b` nor `-B` nor `--detach` used, then, as a convenience, the new worktree is associated with a branch (call it `<branch>`) named after `$(basename <path>)`. If `<branch>` |