When checking out paths from the index, check out stage #2
('ours') or #3 ('theirs') for unmerged paths.
--b::
+-b <new_branch>::
Create a new branch named <new_branch> and start it at
<start_point>; see linkgit:git-branch[1] for details.
--B::
+-B <new_branch>::
Creates the branch <new_branch> and start it at <start_point>;
if it already exists, then reset it to <start_point>. This is
equivalent to running "git branch" with "-f"; see
<commit> is not a branch name. See the "DETACHED HEAD" section
below for details.
---orphan::
+--orphan <new_branch>::
Create a new 'orphan' branch, named <new_branch>, started from
<start_point> and switch to it. The first commit made on this
new branch will have no parents and it will be the root of a new