Merge branch 'maint-1.5.4' into maint

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

diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
index 7e8874acaacbd6990ccaf66d5bddbff6e4c1e5ba..6f07a17a2c310a67f23034c520ab10670407c006 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
@@ -35,11 +35,10 @@ 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 sets up the
-branch so that linkgit:git-pull[1] will appropriately merge from that
-remote branch.  If this behavior is not desired, it is possible to
-disable it using the global `branch.autosetupmerge` configuration
-flag.  That setting can be overridden by using the `--track`
-and `--no-track` options.
+branch so that linkgit:git-pull[1] will appropriately merge from
+the remote branch. This behavior may be changed via the global
+`branch.autosetupmerge` configuration flag. That setting can be
+overridden by using the `--track` and `--no-track` options.
 
 With a '-m' or '-M' option, <oldbranch> will be renamed to <newbranch>.
 If <oldbranch> had a corresponding reflog, it is renamed to match
@@ -105,20 +104,19 @@ OPTIONS
        Display the full sha1s in output listing rather than abbreviating them.
 
 --track::
-       Set up configuration so that git-pull will automatically
-       retrieve data from the remote branch.  Use this if you always
-       pull from the same remote branch into the new branch, or if you
-       don't want to use "git pull <repository> <refspec>" explicitly.
-       This behavior is the default.  Set the
-       branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable to false if you
-       want git-checkout and git-branch to always behave as if
-       '--no-track' were given.
+       When creating a new branch, set up configuration so that git-pull
+       will automatically retrieve data from the start point, which must be
+       a branch. Use this if you always pull from the same upstream branch
+       into the new branch, and if you don't want to use "git pull
+       <repository> <refspec>" explicitly. This behavior is the default
+       when the start point is a remote branch. Set the
+       branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable to `false` if you 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 branch.
 
 --no-track::
-       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.
+       Ignore the branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable.
 
 <branchname>::
        The name of the branch to create or delete.