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| author | Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> | 2009-03-17 15:06:20 +0100 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2009-03-17 15:10:23 -0700 |
| commit | fcfdf797db015e13623645c0be049db679d5daaa (patch) | |
| tree | 02ae4b2c8d058c65aa2fc300fc5842bb62f8d363 /Documentation/git-branch.txt | |
| parent | 50fd6997c60f926efe4b3591f6c0a37568d02185 (diff) | |
| download | git-fcfdf797db015e13623645c0be049db679d5daaa.tar.gz | |
git-branch.txt: document -f correctly
'git branch -f a b' resets a to b when a exists, rather then deleting a.
Say so in the documentation.
Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-branch.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-branch.txt | 4 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt index 6103d62fe3..27b73bcf9e 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt @@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ OPTIONS based sha1 expressions such as "<branchname>@\{yesterday}". -f:: - Force the creation of a new branch even if it means deleting - a branch that already exists with the same name. + Reset <branchname> to <startpoint> if <branchname> exists + already. Without `-f` 'git-branch' refuses to change an existing branch. -m:: Move/rename a branch and the corresponding reflog. |