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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-checkout.txt14
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
index 4cb9d555b4..dcff44196d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
@@ -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)]::