Merge branch 'ak/submodule-sync' into maint

diff --git a/builtin/checkout.c b/builtin/checkout.c
index 560eae17159290c5adcefd2e2e2da5825ac6b75d..a54583b3a4936b341820cf5c639e5647ce456a5a 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin/checkout.c
+++ b/builtin/checkout.c
@@ -691,16 +691,16 @@ int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
                           "create and checkout a new branch"),
                OPT_STRING('B', NULL, &opts.new_branch_force, "branch",
                           "create/reset and checkout a branch"),
-               OPT_BOOLEAN('l', NULL, &opts.new_branch_log, "log for new branch"),
-               OPT_SET_INT('t', "track",  &opts.track, "track",
+               OPT_BOOLEAN('l', NULL, &opts.new_branch_log, "create reflog for new branch"),
+               OPT_SET_INT('t', "track",  &opts.track, "set upstream info for new branch",
                        BRANCH_TRACK_EXPLICIT),
                OPT_STRING(0, "orphan", &opts.new_orphan_branch, "new branch", "new unparented branch"),
-               OPT_SET_INT('2', "ours", &opts.writeout_stage, "stage",
+               OPT_SET_INT('2', "ours", &opts.writeout_stage, "checkout our version for unmerged files",
                            2),
-               OPT_SET_INT('3', "theirs", &opts.writeout_stage, "stage",
+               OPT_SET_INT('3', "theirs", &opts.writeout_stage, "checkout their version for unmerged files",
                            3),
-               OPT_BOOLEAN('f', "force", &opts.force, "force"),
-               OPT_BOOLEAN('m', "merge", &opts.merge, "merge"),
+               OPT_BOOLEAN('f', "force", &opts.force, "force checkout (throw away local modifications)"),
+               OPT_BOOLEAN('m', "merge", &opts.merge, "perform a 3-way merge with the new branch"),
                OPT_STRING(0, "conflict", &conflict_style, "style",
                           "conflict style (merge or diff3)"),
                OPT_BOOLEAN('p', "patch", &patch_mode, "select hunks interactively"),