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Documentation/git-checkout.txt: document 70c9ac2 behavior

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Document the behavior implemented in 70c9ac2 (DWIM "git checkout
frotz" to "git checkout -b frotz origin/frotz").

Signed-off-by: Chris Rorvick <chris@rorvick.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@ -28,6 +28,14 @@ branch.
working tree are kept, so that they can be committed to the
<branch>.
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If <branch> is not found but there does exist a tracking branch in
exactly one remote (call it <remote>) with a matching name, treat as
equivalent to
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$ git checkout -b <branch> --track <remote>/<branch>
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You could omit <branch>, in which case the command degenerates to
"check out the current branch", which is a glorified no-op with a
rather expensive side-effects to show only the tracking information,