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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2019-05-19 18:01:19 +0900
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2019-05-19 18:01:19 +0900
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@@ -787,7 +787,11 @@ branches not merged into the named commit will be listed. If the &lt;commit&gt;
argument is missing it defaults to <code>HEAD</code> (i.e. the tip of the current
branch).</p></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>The command&#8217;s second form creates a new branch head named &lt;branchname&gt;
-which points to the current <code>HEAD</code>, or &lt;start-point&gt; if given.</p></div>
+which points to the current <code>HEAD</code>, or &lt;start-point&gt; if given. As a
+special case, for &lt;start-point&gt;, you may use <code>"A...B"</code> as a shortcut for
+the merge base of <code>A</code> and <code>B</code> if there is exactly one merge base. You
+can leave out at most one of <code>A</code> and <code>B</code>, in which case it defaults to
+<code>HEAD</code>.</p></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>Note that this will create the new branch, but it will not switch the
working tree to it; use "git checkout &lt;newbranch&gt;" to switch to the
new branch.</p></div>
@@ -1353,7 +1357,7 @@ a branch?&#8221;</a> in the Git User&#8217;s Manual.</p></div>
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