[PATCH 2/2] Documentation/git-checkout.txt: document 70c9ac2 behavior
From: Chris Rorvick <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:55:32
Subsystem:
documentation, the rest · Maintainers:
Jonathan Corbet, Linus Torvalds
Document the behavior implemented in 70c9ac2 (DWIM "git checkout frotz" to "git checkout -b frotz origin/frotz"). Signed-off-by: Chris Rorvick <redacted> --- Documentation/git-checkout.txt | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
index a47555c..db89cf7 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt@@ -25,6 +25,14 @@ branch. Update the index, working tree, and HEAD to reflect the specified branch. ++ +If <branch> is not found but there does exist a tracking branch in +exactly one remote (call it <remote>) with a matching name, treat as +equivalent to ++ +------------ +$ git checkout -b <branch> --track <remote>/<branch> +------------ 'git checkout' -b|-B <new_branch> [<start point>]::
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