checkout and branch recently learnt to track local branches when
branch.autosetupmerge = always, but they _also_ learnt to do that when
asked explicitely with the option "--track".
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <redacted>
---
Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.5.txt | 5 +++--
1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.5.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.5.txt
index 14beed4..18ff82b 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.5.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.5.txt
@@ -79,8 +79,9 @@ Updates since v1.5.4
* "git branch" (and "git checkout -b") to branch from a local branch can
optionally set "branch.<name>.merge" to mark the new branch to build on
the other local branch, when "branch.autosetupmerge" is set to
- "always". By default, this does not happen when branching from a local
- branch.
+ "always", or when passing the command line option "--track" (this option
+ was ignored when branching from local branches). By default, this does
+ not happen when branching from a local branch.
* "git checkout" to switch to a branch that has "branch.<name>.merge" set
(i.e. marked to build on another branch) reports how much the branch--
1.5.5.rc0.190.gb64f