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| -rwxr-xr-x | git-checkout.sh | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/git-checkout.sh b/git-checkout.sh index 4192a99fec..92ec069a3a 100755 --- a/git-checkout.sh +++ b/git-checkout.sh @@ -146,8 +146,11 @@ fi [ -z "$branch$newbranch" ] && [ "$new" != "$old" ] && - die "git checkout: to checkout the requested commit you need to specify - a name for a new branch which is created and switched to" + die "git checkout: provided reference cannot be checked out directly + + You need -b to associate a new branch with the wanted checkout. Example: + git checkout -b <new_branch_name> $arg +" if [ "X$old" = X ] then |