When <paths> are given, this command does *not* switch
branches. It updates the named paths in the working tree from
-the index file, or from a named commit. In
+the index file, or from a named <tree-ish> (most often a commit). In
this case, the `-b` options is meaningless and giving
either of them results in an error. <tree-ish> argument can be
used to specify a specific tree-ish (i.e. commit, tag or tree)
off of "origin/hack" (or "remotes/origin/hack", or even
"refs/remotes/origin/hack"). If the given name has no slash, or the above
guessing results in an empty name, the guessing is aborted. You can
-exlicitly give a name with '-b' in such a case.
+explicitly give a name with '-b' in such a case.
--no-track::
Ignore the branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable.
+
When this parameter names a non-branch (but still a valid commit object),
your HEAD becomes 'detached'.
++
+As a special case, the "`@\{-N\}`" syntax for the N-th last branch
+checks out the branch (instead of detaching). You may also specify
+"`-`" which is synonymous with "`@\{-1\}`".
Detached HEAD
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$ git checkout -m mytopic
Auto-merging frotz
-merge: warning: conflicts during merge
ERROR: Merge conflict in frotz
fatal: merge program failed
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