If no <start-point> is given, the branch will be created with a head
equal to that of the currently checked out branch.
+Note that this will create the new branch, but it will not switch the
+working tree to it; use "git checkout <newbranch>" to switch to the
+new branch.
+
When a local branch is started off a remote branch, git can setup the
branch so that gitlink:git-pull[1] will appropriately merge from that
remote branch. If this behavior is desired, it is possible to make it