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diff --git a/builtin/checkout.c b/builtin/checkout.c
index 560eae1715..757f9a08dd 100644
--- a/builtin/checkout.c
+++ b/builtin/checkout.c
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ static int checkout_merged(int pos, struct checkout *state)
* merge.renormalize set, too
*/
status = ll_merge(&result_buf, path, &ancestor, "base",
- &ours, "ours", &theirs, "theirs", 0);
+ &ours, "ours", &theirs, "theirs", NULL);
free(ancestor.ptr);
free(ours.ptr);
free(theirs.ptr);
@@ -686,21 +686,21 @@ int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
int patch_mode = 0;
int dwim_new_local_branch = 1;
struct option options[] = {
- OPT__QUIET(&opts.quiet),
+ OPT__QUIET(&opts.quiet, "suppress progress reporting"),
OPT_STRING('b', NULL, &opts.new_branch, "branch",
"create and checkout a new branch"),
OPT_STRING('B', NULL, &opts.new_branch_force, "branch",
"create/reset and checkout a branch"),
- OPT_BOOLEAN('l', NULL, &opts.new_branch_log, "log for new branch"),
- OPT_SET_INT('t', "track", &opts.track, "track",
+ OPT_BOOLEAN('l', NULL, &opts.new_branch_log, "create reflog for new branch"),
+ OPT_SET_INT('t', "track", &opts.track, "set upstream info for new branch",
BRANCH_TRACK_EXPLICIT),
OPT_STRING(0, "orphan", &opts.new_orphan_branch, "new branch", "new unparented branch"),
- OPT_SET_INT('2', "ours", &opts.writeout_stage, "stage",
+ OPT_SET_INT('2', "ours", &opts.writeout_stage, "checkout our version for unmerged files",
2),
- OPT_SET_INT('3', "theirs", &opts.writeout_stage, "stage",
+ OPT_SET_INT('3', "theirs", &opts.writeout_stage, "checkout their version for unmerged files",
3),
- OPT_BOOLEAN('f', "force", &opts.force, "force"),
- OPT_BOOLEAN('m', "merge", &opts.merge, "merge"),
+ OPT__FORCE(&opts.force, "force checkout (throw away local modifications)"),
+ OPT_BOOLEAN('m', "merge", &opts.merge, "perform a 3-way merge with the new branch"),
OPT_STRING(0, "conflict", &conflict_style, "style",
"conflict style (merge or diff3)"),
OPT_BOOLEAN('p', "patch", &patch_mode, "select hunks interactively"),
@@ -784,9 +784,9 @@ int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
* between A and B, A...B names that merge base.
*
* With no paths, if <something> is _not_ a commit, no -t nor -b
- * was given, and there is a tracking branch whose name is
+ * was given, and there is a remote-tracking branch whose name is
* <something> in one and only one remote, then this is a short-hand
- * to fork local <something> from that remote tracking branch.
+ * to fork local <something> from that remote-tracking branch.
*
* Otherwise <something> shall not be ambiguous.
* - If it's *only* a reference, treat it like case (1).