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authorJunio C Hamano <junio@hera.kernel.org>2007-10-03 12:05:53 +0000
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@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ It will start out with a head equal to the one given as <start-point>.
If no <start-point> is given, the branch will be created with a head
equal to that of the currently checked out branch.
+Note that this will create the new branch, but it will not switch the
+working tree to it; use "git checkout <newbranch>" to switch to the
+new branch.
+
When a local branch is started off a remote branch, git can setup the
branch so that gitlink:git-pull[1] will appropriately merge from that
remote branch. If this behavior is desired, it is possible to make it
@@ -91,6 +95,21 @@ OPTIONS
--no-abbrev::
Display the full sha1s in output listing rather than abbreviating them.
+--track::
+ Set up configuration so that git-pull will automatically
+ retrieve data from the remote branch. Use this if you always
+ pull from the same remote branch into the new branch, or if you
+ don't want to use "git pull <repository> <refspec>" explicitly. Set the
+ branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable to true if you
+ want git-checkout and git-branch to always behave as if
+ '--track' were given.
+
+--no-track::
+ When -b is given and a branch is created off a remote branch,
+ set up configuration so that git-pull will not retrieve data
+ from the remote branch, ignoring the branch.autosetupmerge
+ configuration variable.
+
<branchname>::
The name of the branch to create or delete.
The new branch name must pass all checks defined by