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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2016-07-13 15:00:05 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2016-07-13 15:00:05 -0700 |
| commit | 92d80370646a0ce43b0c769027492b3c891090aa (patch) | |
| tree | cee7315334fee3145cb4badcc7a400e3e763fbac /git-branch.txt | |
| parent | 48931e26012d8d7ad1a7e1d9701f52be1b77e45a (diff) | |
| download | git-htmldocs-92d80370646a0ce43b0c769027492b3c891090aa.tar.gz | |
Autogenerated HTML docs for v2.9.1-273-g79ed4
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diff --git a/git-branch.txt b/git-branch.txt index 4a7037f1c..1fe73448f 100644 --- a/git-branch.txt +++ b/git-branch.txt @@ -39,10 +39,10 @@ named commit). With `--merged`, only branches merged into the named commit (i.e. the branches whose tip commits are reachable from the named commit) will be listed. With `--no-merged` only branches not merged into the named commit will be listed. If the <commit> argument is missing it -defaults to 'HEAD' (i.e. the tip of the current branch). +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. 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 @@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ This option is only applicable in non-verbose mode. + This behavior is the default when the start point is a remote-tracking branch. Set the branch.autoSetupMerge configuration variable to `false` if you -want `git checkout` and `git branch` to always behave as if '--no-track' +want `git checkout` and `git branch` to always behave as if `--no-track` were given. Set it to `always` if you want this behavior when the start-point is either a local or remote-tracking branch. |