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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-worktree.txt | 8 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-worktree.txt b/Documentation/git-worktree.txt index 15e58b18f7..3044d305a6 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-worktree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-worktree.txt @@ -52,6 +52,14 @@ is linked to the current repository, sharing everything except working directory specific files such as HEAD, index, etc. `-` may also be specified as `<commit-ish>`; it is synonymous with `@{-1}`. + +If <commit-ish> is a branch name (call it `<branch>` and is not found, +and neither `-b` nor `-B` nor `--detach` are used, but there does +exist a tracking branch in exactly one remote (call it `<remote>`) +with a matching name, treat as equivalent to +------------ +$ git worktree add --track -b <branch> <path> <remote>/<branch> +------------ ++ If `<commit-ish>` is omitted and neither `-b` nor `-B` nor `--detach` used, then, as a convenience, a new branch based at HEAD is created automatically, as if `-b $(basename <path>)` was specified. |