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Merge branch 'jc/doc-checkout-b' into maint-2.39

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Clarify how "checkout -b/-B" and "git branch [-f]" are similar but
different in the documentation.

* jc/doc-checkout-b:
  checkout: document -b/-B to highlight the differences from "git branch"
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Junio C Hamano 2023-02-14 14:15:52 -08:00
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Documentation/git-checkout.txt
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@ -146,14 +146,16 @@ on your side branch as `theirs` (i.e. "one contributor's work on top
of it").
-b <new-branch>::
Create a new branch named `<new-branch>` and start it at
`<start-point>`; see linkgit:git-branch[1] for details.
Create a new branch named `<new-branch>`, start it at
`<start-point>`, and check the resulting branch out;
see linkgit:git-branch[1] for details.
-B <new-branch>::
Creates the branch `<new-branch>` and start it at `<start-point>`;
if it already exists, then reset it to `<start-point>`. This is
equivalent to running "git branch" with "-f"; see
linkgit:git-branch[1] for details.
Creates the branch `<new-branch>`, start it at `<start-point>`;
if it already exists, then reset it to `<start-point>`. And then
check the resulting branch out. This is equivalent to running
"git branch" with "-f" followed by "git checkout" of that branch;
see linkgit:git-branch[1] for details.
-t::
--track[=(direct|inherit)]::