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diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..3bc7743ef --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ +git-checkout(1) +=============== + +NAME +---- +git-checkout - Checkout and switch to a branch. + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +'git-checkout' [-f] [-b <new_branch>] [<branch>] + +DESCRIPTION +----------- +Updates the index and working tree to reflect the specified branch, +<branch>. Updates HEAD to be <branch> or, if specified, <new_branch>. + +OPTIONS +------- +-f:: + Force an re-read of everything. + +-b:: + Create a new branch and start it at <branch>. + +<new_branch>:: + Name for the new branch. + +<branch>:: + Branch to checkout; may be any object ID that resolves to a + commit. Defaults to HEAD. + +Author +------ +Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> + +Documentation +-------------- +Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. + +GIT +--- +Part of the link:git.html[git] suite + |