OPTIONS
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-q::
- Quiet, supress feedback messages.
+ Quiet, suppress feedback messages.
-f::
Proceed even if the index or the working tree differs
-b::
Create a new branch named <new_branch> and start it at
<branch>. The new branch name must pass all checks defined
- by gitlink:git-check-ref-format[1]. Some of these checks
+ by linkgit:git-check-ref-format[1]. Some of these checks
may restrict the characters allowed in a branch name.
--track::
When -b is given and a branch is created off a remote branch,
set up configuration so that git-pull will automatically
- retrieve data from the remote branch. Set the
+ retrieve data from the remote branch. Use this if you always
+ pull from the same remote branch into the new branch, or if you
+ don't want to use "git pull <repository> <refspec>" explicitly. Set the
branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable to true if you
want git-checkout and git-branch to always behave as if
'--track' were given.
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
-
+Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite