Merge branch 'nd/maint-work-tree-fix' into maint

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

diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
index bc6aa88417486cda92e8ea47f67bcfc24317b9d2..d64ad2502868c0103dafa6fa13764fc7a92d7caa 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
@@ -41,17 +45,22 @@ to happen.
 
 With a `-d` or `-D` option, `<branchname>` will be deleted.  You may
 specify more than one branch for deletion.  If the branch currently
-has a reflog then the reflog will also be deleted. Use -r together with -d
-to delete remote-tracking branches.
+has a reflog then the reflog will also be deleted.
+
+Use -r together with -d to delete remote-tracking branches. Note, that it
+only makes sense to delete remote-tracking branches if they no longer exist
+in remote repository or if gitlink:git-fetch[1] was configured not to fetch
+them again. See also 'prune' subcommand of gitlink:git-remote[1] for way to
+clean up all obsolete remote-tracking branches.
 
 
 OPTIONS
 -------
 -d::
-       Delete a branch. The branch must be fully merged.
+       Delete a branch. The branch must be fully merged in HEAD.
 
 -D::
-       Delete a branch irrespective of its index status.
+       Delete a branch irrespective of its merged status.
 
 -l::
        Create the branch's reflog.  This activates recording of
@@ -91,6 +100,21 @@ OPTIONS
 --no-abbrev::
        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.  Set the
+       branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable to true if you
+       want git-checkout and git-branch to always behave as if
+       '--track' were given.
+
+--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.
+
 <branchname>::
        The name of the branch to create or delete.
        The new branch name must pass all checks defined by
@@ -134,9 +158,11 @@ $ git branch -d -r origin/todo origin/html origin/man   <1>
 $ git branch -D test                                    <2>
 ------------
 +
-<1> delete remote-tracking branches "todo", "html", "man"
-<2> delete "test" branch even if the "master" branch does not have all
-commits from test branch.
+<1> Delete remote-tracking branches "todo", "html", "man". Next 'fetch' or
+'pull' will create them again unless you configure them not to. See
+gitlink:git-fetch[1].
+<2> Delete "test" branch even if the "master" branch (or whichever branch is
+currently checked out) does not have all commits from test branch.
 
 
 Notes