Merge branch 'rs/pretty'

[git.git] / Documentation / git-branch.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
index c839961494373aebb67db7128bb430157f8715a6..5ce905de862253aa2bd2ed619819306165e978f0 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ It will start out with a head equal to the one given as <start-point>.
 If no <start-point> is given, the branch will be created with a head
 equal to that of the currently checked out branch.
 
+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
+new branch.
+
 When a local branch is started off a remote branch, git can setup the
 branch so that gitlink:git-pull[1] will appropriately merge from that
 remote branch.  If this behavior is desired, it is possible to make it
@@ -81,7 +85,7 @@ OPTIONS
 -a::
        List both remote-tracking branches and local branches.
 
--v::
+-v, --verbose::
        Show sha1 and commit subject line for each head.
 
 --abbrev=<length>::
@@ -101,7 +105,7 @@ OPTIONS
        '--track' were given.
 
 --no-track::
-       When -b is given and a branch is created off a remote branch,
+       When a branch is created off a remote branch,
        set up configuration so that git-pull will not retrieve data
        from the remote branch, ignoring the branch.autosetupmerge
        configuration variable.