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Documentation: clarify track/no-track option.

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Fix the description of the --no-track option so it no longer says the
opposite of what was intended.  Also mention branch.autosetupmerge
explicitly.

Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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J. Bruce Fields 2007-04-16 00:37:12 -04:00 committed by Junio C Hamano
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Documentation/git-checkout.txt
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@ -49,13 +49,17 @@ OPTIONS
--track::
When -b is given and a branch is created off a remote branch,
setup so that git-pull will automatically retrieve data from
the remote branch.
set up configuration so that git-pull will automatically
retrieve data from the remote branch. 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,
force that git-pull will automatically retrieve data from
the remote branch independent of the configuration settings.
set up configuration so that git-pull will not retrieve data
from the remote branch, ignoring the branch.autosetupmerge
configuration variable.
-l::
Create the new branch's ref log. This activates recording of