Documentation/checkout: clarify submodule HEADs to be detached

Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Stefan Beller 2017-07-28 14:40:11 -07:00 committed by Junio C Hamano
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@ -262,6 +262,8 @@ section of linkgit:git-add[1] to learn how to operate the `--patch` mode.
local modifications in a submodule would be overwritten the checkout
will fail unless `-f` is used. If nothing (or --no-recurse-submodules)
is used, the work trees of submodules will not be updated.
Just like linkgit:git-submodule[1], this will detach the
submodules HEAD.
<branch>::
Branch to checkout; if it refers to a branch (i.e., a name that,