Re: [PATCH] Clarify the git-branch documentation of default start-point

Martin Nordholts [off-list ref] writes:

-	is omitted, the current branch is assumed.
+	is omitted, the current branch is assumed.  Note that checking
+	out a remote branch does not make it the current branch.  If a
+	remote branch is desired as start-point it must be an explicity
+	specified.

The first new sentence says

	$ git checkout origin/next

does not mean you will be _on_ the remote branch, 'next' you got from me
in this example.  By definition you cannot be on anything but a local
branch, so the sentence is correct.

But "it" in the second new sentence is unclear.

You probably wanted to answer "If I wanted to have _my own 'next' branch_
that tracks 'next' from the remote, what should I do?"

And the answer would be either

	$ git checkout -t -b next origin/next

or its shorthand invented by Dscho which is

	$ git checkout -t origin/next

Now, is "it must be (an) explicit(l)y specified" a correct instruction to
lead the readers to these solutions?