SYNOPSIS
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[verse]
-'git-checkout' [-q] [-f] [-b [--track | --no-track] <new_branch> [-l]] [-m] [<branch>]
+'git-checkout' [-q] [-f] [[--track | --no-track] -b <new_branch> [-l]] [-m] [<branch>]
'git-checkout' [<tree-ish>] <paths>...
DESCRIPTION
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.
+ want git-checkout and git-branch to behave as if
+ '--track' were given when you branch from a remote
+ tracking branch.
--no-track::
When -b is given and a branch is created off a remote branch,
configuration variable.
-l::
- Create the new branch's ref log. This activates recording of
- all changes to made the branch ref, enabling use of date
- based sha1 expressions such as "<branchname>@{yesterday}".
+ Create the new branch's reflog. This activates recording of
+ all changes made to the branch ref, enabling use of date
+ based sha1 expressions such as "<branchname>@\{yesterday}".
-m::
If you have local modifications to one or more files that
GIT
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Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
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