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"git checkout [--detach] <commit>" was listed poorly in the
synopsis section of its documentation.

* jc/checkout-detach-doc:
  checkout: update synopsys and documentation on detaching HEAD
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Junio C Hamano 2013-10-17 15:55:08 -07:00
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@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [-m] [<branch>]
'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [-m] [--detach] [<commit>]
'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [-m] --detach [<branch>]
'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [-m] [--detach] <commit>
'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [-m] [[-b|-B|--orphan] <new_branch>] [<start_point>]
'git checkout' [-f|--ours|--theirs|-m|--conflict=<style>] [<tree-ish>] [--] <paths>...
'git checkout' [-p|--patch] [<tree-ish>] [--] [<paths>...]
@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ that is to say, the branch is not reset/created unless "git checkout" is
successful.
'git checkout' --detach [<branch>]::
'git checkout' <commit>::
'git checkout' [--detach] <commit>::
Prepare to work on top of <commit>, by detaching HEAD at it
(see "DETACHED HEAD" section), and updating the index and the
@ -71,10 +72,11 @@ successful.
tree will be the state recorded in the commit plus the local
modifications.
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Passing `--detach` forces this behavior in the case of a <branch> (without
the option, giving a branch name to the command would check out the branch,
instead of detaching HEAD at it), or the current commit,
if no <branch> is specified.
When the <commit> argument is a branch name, the `--detach` option can
be used to detach HEAD at the tip of the branch (`git checkout
<branch>` would check out that branch without detaching HEAD).
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Omitting <branch> detaches HEAD at the tip of the current branch.
'git checkout' [-p|--patch] [<tree-ish>] [--] <pathspec>...::