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authorJohannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>2008-08-09 16:00:12 +0200
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2008-08-11 16:37:28 -0700
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checkout --track: make up a sensible branch name if '-b' was omitted
What does the user most likely want with this command? $ git checkout --track origin/next Exactly. A branch called 'next', that tracks origin's branch 'next'. Make it so. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-checkout - Checkout a branch or paths to the working tree
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [[--track | --no-track] -b <new_branch> [-l]] [-m] [<branch>]
+'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [--track | --no-track] [-b <new_branch> [-l]] [-m] [<branch>]
'git checkout' [<tree-ish>] [--] <paths>...
DESCRIPTION
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ specified, <new_branch>. Using -b will cause <new_branch> to
be created; in this case you can use the --track or --no-track
options, which will be passed to `git branch`.
+As a convenience, --track will default to create a branch whose
+name is constructed from the specified branch name by stripping
+the first namespace level.
+
When <paths> are given, this command does *not* switch
branches. It updates the named paths in the working tree from
the index file (i.e. it runs `git checkout-index -f -u`), or
@@ -59,6 +63,10 @@ OPTIONS
'git-checkout' and 'git-branch' to always behave as if '--no-track' were
given. Set it to `always` if you want this behavior when the
start-point is either a local or remote branch.
++
+If no '-b' option was given, a name will be made up for you, by stripping
+the part up to the first slash of the tracked branch. For example, if you
+called 'git checkout --track origin/next', the branch name will be 'next'.
--no-track::
Ignore the branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable.