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| author | Thomas Gummerer <t.gummerer@gmail.com> | 2017-11-26 19:43:52 +0000 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2017-11-27 09:48:06 +0900 |
| commit | c4738aedc0aee085e25e20b6c32b9c4680f265d1 (patch) | |
| tree | 016ce4bb1ba51bf5d3bf267aea497256c15d62c3 /Documentation/git-worktree.txt | |
| parent | 7c85a87c5449f6495fe0327cfdcd1e0940d8545a (diff) | |
| download | git-c4738aedc0aee085e25e20b6c32b9c4680f265d1.tar.gz | |
worktree: add can be created from any commit-ish
Currently 'git worktree add' is documented to take an optional <branch>
argument, which is checked out in the new worktree. However it is more
generally possible to use a commit-ish as the optional argument, and
check that out into the new worktree.
Document that this is a possibility, as new users of git worktree add
might find it helpful.
Reported-by: Randall S. Becker <rsbecker@nexbridge.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gummerer <t.gummerer@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-worktree.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-worktree.txt | 20 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-worktree.txt b/Documentation/git-worktree.txt index b472acc356..121895209d 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-worktree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-worktree.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-worktree - Manage multiple working trees SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git worktree add' [-f] [--detach] [--checkout] [--lock] [-b <new-branch>] <path> [<branch>] +'git worktree add' [-f] [--detach] [--checkout] [--lock] [-b <new-branch>] <path> [<commit-ish>] 'git worktree list' [--porcelain] 'git worktree lock' [--reason <string>] <worktree> 'git worktree prune' [-n] [-v] [--expire <expire>] @@ -45,14 +45,14 @@ specifying `--reason` to explain why the working tree is locked. COMMANDS -------- -add <path> [<branch>]:: +add <path> [<commit-ish>]:: -Create `<path>` and checkout `<branch>` into it. The new working directory +Create `<path>` and checkout `<commit-ish>` into it. The new working directory is linked to the current repository, sharing everything except working directory specific files such as HEAD, index, etc. `-` may also be -specified as `<branch>`; it is synonymous with `@{-1}`. +specified as `<commit-ish>`; it is synonymous with `@{-1}`. + -If `<branch>` is omitted and neither `-b` nor `-B` nor `--detach` used, +If `<commit-ish>` is omitted and neither `-b` nor `-B` nor `--detach` used, then, as a convenience, a new branch based at HEAD is created automatically, as if `-b $(basename <path>)` was specified. @@ -84,25 +84,25 @@ OPTIONS -f:: --force:: - By default, `add` refuses to create a new working tree when `<branch>` + By default, `add` refuses to create a new working tree when `<commit-ish>` is a branch name and is already checked out by another working tree. This option overrides that safeguard. -b <new-branch>:: -B <new-branch>:: With `add`, create a new branch named `<new-branch>` starting at - `<branch>`, and check out `<new-branch>` into the new working tree. - If `<branch>` is omitted, it defaults to HEAD. + `<commit-ish>`, and check out `<new-branch>` into the new working tree. + If `<commit-ish>` is omitted, it defaults to HEAD. By default, `-b` refuses to create a new branch if it already exists. `-B` overrides this safeguard, resetting `<new-branch>` to - `<branch>`. + `<commit-ish>`. --detach:: With `add`, detach HEAD in the new working tree. See "DETACHED HEAD" in linkgit:git-checkout[1]. --[no-]checkout:: - By default, `add` checks out `<branch>`, however, `--no-checkout` can + By default, `add` checks out `<commit-ish>`, however, `--no-checkout` can be used to suppress checkout in order to make customizations, such as configuring sparse-checkout. See "Sparse checkout" in linkgit:git-read-tree[1]. |