X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fgit-checkout.txt;h=2abfbdaadb27ca9a97c23c9c00cc18fb07232d00;hb=0513f241cc2d757371dc7ba6b065366de044862e;hp=e11cddbfc96f742968789abd369a4f7e240db27c;hpb=77599cc0bbd0a08defc3bfa80ca52d931d8dc786;p=git.git diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt index e11cddbfc..2abfbdaad 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt @@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ git-checkout - Checkout a branch or paths to the working tree SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git-checkout' [-q] [-f] [[--track | --no-track] -b [-l]] [-m] [] -'git-checkout' [] ... +'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [[--track | --no-track] -b [-l]] [-m] [] +'git checkout' [] ... DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ options, which will be passed to `git branch`. When are given, this command does *not* switch branches. It updates the named paths in the working tree from -the index file (i.e. it runs `git-checkout-index -f -u`), or +the index file (i.e. it runs `git checkout-index -f -u`), or from a named commit. In this case, the `-f` and `-b` options are meaningless and giving either of them results in an error. argument can be @@ -47,15 +47,16 @@ OPTIONS by linkgit:git-check-ref-format[1]. Some of these checks may restrict the characters allowed in a branch name. +-t:: --track:: - When creating a new branch, set up configuration so that git-pull + 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 " 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 + '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. @@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ current branch and directly point at the commit named by the tag (`v2.6.18` in the above example). You can use usual git commands while in this state. You can use -`git-reset --hard $othercommit` to further move around, for +`git reset --hard $othercommit` to further move around, for example. You can make changes and create a new commit on top of a detached HEAD. You can even create a merge by using `git merge $othercommit`. @@ -215,4 +216,4 @@ Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list . GIT --- -Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite +Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite