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diff --git a/Documentation/git-worktree.txt b/Documentation/git-worktree.txt index 377ae0f92..da71f508b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-worktree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-worktree.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-worktree - Manage multiple worktrees SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git worktree add' [-f] [--detach] [-b <new-branch>] <path> <branch> +'git worktree add' [-f] [--detach] [-b <new-branch>] <path> [<branch>] 'git worktree prune' [-n] [-v] [--expire <expire>] DESCRIPTION @@ -45,11 +45,15 @@ pruning should be suppressed. See section "DETAILS" for more information. COMMANDS -------- -add <path> <branch>:: +add <path> [<branch>]:: Create `<path>` and checkout `<branch>` into it. The new working directory is linked to the current repository, sharing everything except working directory specific files such as HEAD, index, etc. ++ +If `<branch>` is omitted and neither `-b` nor `-B` is used, then, as a +convenience, a new branch based at HEAD is created automatically, as if +`-b $(basename <path>)` was specified. prune:: |