diff -p: squelch "diff --git" header for stat-dirty paths

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

diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
index 66e570113a077d2c52c4fc3ac09d24a272df5301..22d36114df68963811a80a6c311a98b1a26d88d3 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
@@ -45,14 +45,14 @@ successful.
 
 'git checkout' [--patch] [<tree-ish>] [--] <pathspec>...::
 
-       When <paths> or `--patch` are given, 'git checkout' *not* switch
-       branches.  It updates the named paths in the working tree from
-       the index file or from a named <tree-ish> (most often a commit).  In
-       this case, the `-b` and `--track` options are meaningless and giving
-       either of them results in an error. The <tree-ish> argument can be
-       used to specify a specific tree-ish (i.e. commit, tag or tree)
-       to update the index for the given paths before updating the
-       working tree.
+       When <paths> or `--patch` are given, 'git checkout' does *not*
+       switch branches.  It updates the named paths in the working tree
+       from the index file or from a named <tree-ish> (most often a
+       commit).  In this case, the `-b` and `--track` options are
+       meaningless and giving either of them results in an error.  The
+       <tree-ish> argument can be used to specify a specific tree-ish
+       (i.e.  commit, tag or tree) to update the index for the given
+       paths before updating the working tree.
 +
 The index may contain unmerged entries because of a previous failed merge.
 By default, if you try to check out such an entry from the index, the
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ As a special case, the `"@\{-N\}"` syntax for the N-th last branch
 checks out the branch (instead of detaching).  You may also specify
 `-` which is synonymous with `"@\{-1\}"`.
 +
-As a further special case, you may use `"A...B"` as a shortcut for the
+As a further special case, you may use `"A\...B"` as a shortcut for the
 merge base of `A` and `B` if there is exactly one merge base. You can
 leave out at most one of `A` and `B`, in which case it defaults to `HEAD`.