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| author | Tay Ray Chuan <rctay89@gmail.com> | 2010-06-23 23:29:00 +0400 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2010-06-25 21:39:58 +0400 |
| commit | 02ac98374eefbe4a46d4b53a8a78057ad8ad39b7 (patch) | |
| tree | e19181e7176302cdce7f2176b306de927abf8f5b /Documentation/git-checkout.txt | |
| parent | 4c6887516c60dbbe42390b17a379a85d66919082 (diff) | |
builtin/checkout: learn -B
Internally, --track and --orphan still use the 'safe' -b, not -B.
Signed-off-by: Tay Ray Chuan <rctay89@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-checkout.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-checkout.txt | 21 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt index 261dd90c38..97c51449f7 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [-m] [<branch>] -'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [-m] [[-b|--orphan] <new_branch>] [<start_point>] +'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [-m] [[-b|-B|--orphan] <new_branch>] [<start_point>] 'git checkout' [-f|--ours|--theirs|-m|--conflict=<style>] [<tree-ish>] [--] <paths>... 'git checkout' --patch [<tree-ish>] [--] [<paths>...] @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ also update `HEAD` to set the specified branch as the current branch. 'git checkout' [<branch>]:: -'git checkout' -b <new branch> [<start point>]:: +'git checkout' -b|-B <new_branch> [<start point>]:: This form switches branches by updating the index, working tree, and HEAD to reflect the specified branch. @@ -31,6 +31,17 @@ were called and then checked out; in this case you can use the `--track` or `--no-track` options, which will be passed to 'git branch'. As a convenience, `--track` without `-b` implies branch creation; see the description of `--track` below. ++ +If `-B` is given, <new_branch> is created if it doesn't exist; otherwise, it +is reset. This is the transactional equivalent of ++ +------------ +$ git branch -f <branch> [<start point>] +$ git checkout <branch> +------------ ++ +that is to say, the branch is not reset/created unless "git checkout" is +successful. 'git checkout' [--patch] [<tree-ish>] [--] <pathspec>...:: @@ -75,6 +86,12 @@ entries; instead, unmerged entries are ignored. Create a new branch named <new_branch> and start it at <start_point>; see linkgit:git-branch[1] for details. +-B:: + Creates the branch <new_branch> and start it at <start_point>; + if it already exists, then reset it to <start_point>. This is + equivalent to running "git branch" with "-f"; see + linkgit:git-branch[1] for details. + -t:: --track:: When creating a new branch, set up "upstream" configuration. See |