Autogenerated HTML docs for v1.6.5-rc3-35-g3340

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/git-branch.html b/git-branch.html
index 6094239eb..ea589efd5 100644
--- a/git-branch.html
+++ b/git-branch.html
@@ -340,10 +340,8 @@ commit (i.e. the branches whose tip commits are reachable from the named
 commit) will be listed.  With <tt>--no-merged</tt> only branches not merged into

 the named commit will be listed.  If the &lt;commit&gt; argument is missing it

 defaults to <em>HEAD</em> (i.e. the tip of the current branch).</p></div>

-<div class="para"><p>In the command's second form, a new branch named &lt;branchname&gt; will be created.

-It will start out with a head equal to the one given as &lt;start-point&gt;.

-If no &lt;start-point&gt; is given, the branch will be created with a head

-equal to that of the currently checked out branch.</p></div>

+<div class="para"><p>The command's second form creates a new branch head named &lt;branchname&gt;

+which points to the current <em>HEAD</em>, or &lt;start-point&gt; if given.</p></div>

 <div class="para"><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>

@@ -525,19 +523,21 @@ start-point is either a local or remote branch.</p></div>
 </p>

 </dd>

 <dt>

---merged

+--merged [&lt;commit&gt;]

 </dt>

 <dd>

 <p>

-        Only list branches which are fully contained by HEAD.

+        Only list branches whose tips are reachable from the

+        specified commit (HEAD if not specified).

 </p>

 </dd>

 <dt>

---no-merged

+--no-merged [&lt;commit&gt;]

 </dt>

 <dd>

 <p>

-        Do not list branches which are fully contained by HEAD.

+        Only list branches whose tips are not reachable from the

+        specified commit (HEAD if not specified).

 </p>

 </dd>

 <dt>

@@ -556,9 +556,9 @@ start-point is either a local or remote branch.</p></div>
 </dt>

 <dd>

 <p>

-        The new branch will be created with a HEAD equal to this.  It may

-        be given as a branch name, a commit-id, or a tag.  If this option

-        is omitted, the current branch is assumed.

+        The new branch head will point to this commit.  It may be

+        given as a branch name, a commit-id, or a tag.  If this

+        option is omitted, the current HEAD will be used instead.

 </p>

 </dd>

 <dt>

@@ -665,7 +665,9 @@ but different purposes:</p></div>
 <div class="sectionbody">

 <div class="para"><p><a href="git-check-ref-format.html">git-check-ref-format(1)</a>,

 <a href="git-fetch.html">git-fetch(1)</a>,

-<a href="git-remote.html">git-remote(1)</a>.</p></div>

+<a href="git-remote.html">git-remote(1)</a>,

+<a href="user-manual.html#what-is-a-branch">&#8220;Understanding history: What is

+a branch?&#8221;</a> in the Git User's Manual.</p></div>

 </div>

 <h2 id="_author">Author</h2>

 <div class="sectionbody">

@@ -681,7 +683,7 @@ but different purposes:</p></div>
 </div>

 <div id="footer">

 <div id="footer-text">

-Last updated 2009-08-30 00:22:35 UTC

+Last updated 2009-10-10 00:56:05 UTC

 </div>

 </div>

 </body>