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| author | Junio C Hamano <junio@hera.kernel.org> | 2008-08-20 09:14:14 +0000 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <junio@hera.kernel.org> | 2008-08-20 09:14:14 +0000 |
| commit | 5cf43cab94d19dce9d3c883f374e254c7b2572e1 (patch) | |
| tree | 25eec20f3b813fbff31d880a8b930447541ecaae /git-checkout.html | |
| parent | 7c2d9ea271ffc94f8b7e907b3ec88c2fdfb462f2 (diff) | |
| download | git-htmldocs-5cf43cab94d19dce9d3c883f374e254c7b2572e1.tar.gz | |
Autogenerated HTML docs for v1.6.0-36-g3814c
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diff --git a/git-checkout.html b/git-checkout.html index f997d75f6..afa2b48a9 100644 --- a/git-checkout.html +++ b/git-checkout.html @@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ git-checkout(1) Manual Page <h2>SYNOPSIS</h2>
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<div class="verseblock">
-<div class="content"><em>git checkout</em> [-q] [-f] [[--track | --no-track] -b <new_branch> [-l]] [-m] [<branch>]
+<div class="content"><em>git checkout</em> [-q] [-f] [--track | --no-track] [-b <new_branch> [-l]] [-m] [<branch>]
<em>git checkout</em> [<tree-ish>] [--] <paths>…</div></div>
</div>
<h2 id="_description">DESCRIPTION</h2>
@@ -332,6 +332,9 @@ branch, <branch>, and updating HEAD to be <branch> or, if specified, <new_branch>. Using -b will cause <new_branch> to
be created; in this case you can use the --track or --no-track
options, which will be passed to <tt>git branch</tt>.</p></div>
+<div class="para"><p>As a convenience, --track will default to create a branch whose
+name is constructed from the specified branch name by stripping
+the first namespace level.</p></div>
<div class="para"><p>When <paths> are given, this command does <strong>not</strong> switch
branches. It updates the named paths in the working tree from
the index file (i.e. it runs <tt>git checkout-index -f -u</tt>), or
@@ -392,6 +395,9 @@ working tree.</p></div> given. Set it to <tt>always</tt> if you want this behavior when the
start-point is either a local or remote branch.
</p>
+<div class="para"><p>If no <em>-b</em> option was given, a name will be made up for you, by stripping
+the part up to the first slash of the tracked branch. For example, if you
+called <em>git checkout --track origin/next</em>, the branch name will be <em>next</em>.</p></div>
</dd>
<dt>
--no-track
@@ -590,7 +596,7 @@ $ git add frotz</tt></pre> </div>
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-Last updated 2008-07-26 06:45:37 UTC
+Last updated 2008-08-20 09:13:27 UTC
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