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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2019-05-19 18:01:19 +0900 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2019-05-19 18:01:19 +0900 |
| commit | 56d696ee5be4d6ce871726df6e396c76eedcccf0 (patch) | |
| tree | 5fdbf981967be28ae958f476b0b6d9b4343fd146 /git-branch.txt | |
| parent | 792b6092433e1d94ae2e4b9e83a333bf2d0425a2 (diff) | |
| download | git-htmldocs-56d696ee5be4d6ce871726df6e396c76eedcccf0.tar.gz | |
Autogenerated HTML docs for v2.22.0-rc1
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diff --git a/git-branch.txt b/git-branch.txt index 0cd87ddef..6ebd512b4 100644 --- a/git-branch.txt +++ b/git-branch.txt @@ -45,7 +45,11 @@ argument is missing it defaults to `HEAD` (i.e. the tip of the current branch). The command's second form creates a new branch head named <branchname> -which points to the current `HEAD`, or <start-point> if given. +which points to the current `HEAD`, or <start-point> if given. As a +special case, for <start-point>, you may use `"A...B"` as a shortcut for +the merge base of `A` and `B` if there is exactly one merge base. You +can leave out at most one of `A` and `B`, in which case it defaults to +`HEAD`. 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 |