Merge branch 'maint'

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

diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
index b889688b4025b07d7c5bcdf6dc7389244f6a25b9..ea26da8e21030883e3655dcbc28ad06a4e3816f5 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-checkout - Checkout and switch to a branch
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git-checkout' [-q] [-f] [-b [--track | --no-track] <new_branch> [-l]] [-m] [<branch>]
+'git-checkout' [-q] [-f] [[--track | --no-track] -b <new_branch> [-l]] [-m] [<branch>]
 'git-checkout' [<tree-ish>] <paths>...
 
 DESCRIPTION
@@ -49,13 +49,17 @@ OPTIONS
 
 --track::
        When -b is given and a branch is created off a remote branch,
-       setup so that git-pull will automatically retrieve data from
-       the remote branch.
+       set up configuration so that git-pull will automatically
+       retrieve data from the remote branch.  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 -b is given and a branch is created off a remote branch,
-       force that git-pull will automatically retrieve data from
-       the remote branch independent of the configuration settings.
+       set up configuration so that git-pull will not retrieve data
+       from the remote branch, ignoring the branch.autosetupmerge
+       configuration variable.
 
 -l::
        Create the new branch's ref log.  This activates recording of
@@ -211,4 +215,3 @@ Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
 GIT
 ---
 Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
-