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diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt index 33bc31b0d..c83996149 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt @@ -91,6 +91,21 @@ OPTIONS --no-abbrev:: Display the full sha1s in output listing rather than abbreviating them. +--track:: + Set up configuration so that git-pull will automatically + retrieve data from the remote branch. Use this if you always + pull from the same remote branch into the new branch, or if you + don't want to use "git pull <repository> <refspec>" explicitly. Set the + branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable to true if you + want git-checkout and git-branch to always behave as if + '--track' were given. + +--no-track:: + When -b is given and a branch is created off a remote branch, + set up configuration so that git-pull will not retrieve data + from the remote branch, ignoring the branch.autosetupmerge + configuration variable. + <branchname>:: The name of the branch to create or delete. The new branch name must pass all checks defined by |