Re: [PATCH 2/6] worktree: remove references to "git checkout --to" from the manpage
From: Eric Sunshine <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 23:05:48
On Sat, Jul 18, 2015 at 10:10 PM, Michael Haggerty [off-list ref] wrote:
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <redacted> ---diff --git a/Documentation/git-worktree.txt b/Documentation/git-worktree.txt index c8dd0e5..707dfd0 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-worktree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-worktree.txt@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ DESCRIPTION Manage multiple worktrees attached to the same repository. A git repository can support multiple working trees, allowing you to check -out more than one branch at a time. With `git checkout --to` a new working +out more than one branch at a time. With `git worktree add`, a new working tree is associated with the repository. This new working tree is called a "linked working tree" as opposed to the "main working tree" prepared by "git init" or "git clone". A repository has one main working tree (if it's not a@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ Each linked working tree has a private sub-directory in the repository's $GIT_DIR/worktrees directory. The private sub-directory's name is usually the base name of the linked working tree's path, possibly appended with a number to make it unique. For example, when `$GIT_DIR=/path/main/.git` the -command `git checkout --to /path/other/test-next next` creates the linked +command `git worktree add /path/other/test-next next` creates the linked working tree in `/path/other/test-next` and also creates a `$GIT_DIR/worktrees/test-next` directory (or `$GIT_DIR/worktrees/test-next1` if `test-next` is already taken).
These fixes are already in 'master': 4d5a3c5 (Documentation/git-worktree: fix stale "git checkout --to" references, 2015-07-16)