-If <branch> is not found but there does exist a tracking branch in
-exactly one remote (call it <remote>) with a matching name, treat as
+If `<branch>` is not found but there does exist a tracking branch in
+exactly one remote (call it `<remote>`) with a matching name, treat as
"check out the current branch", which is a glorified no-op with
rather expensive side-effects to show only the tracking information,
if exists, for the current branch.
"check out the current branch", which is a glorified no-op with
rather expensive side-effects to show only the tracking information,
if exists, for the current branch.
(see "DETACHED HEAD" section), and updating the index and the
files in the working tree. Local modifications to the files
in the working tree are kept, so that the resulting working
tree will be the state recorded in the commit plus the local
modifications.
+
(see "DETACHED HEAD" section), and updating the index and the
files in the working tree. Local modifications to the files
in the working tree are kept, so that the resulting working
tree will be the state recorded in the commit plus the local
modifications.
+
-When the <commit> argument is a branch name, the `--detach` option can
-be used to detach HEAD at the tip of the branch (`git checkout
-<branch>` would check out that branch without detaching HEAD).
+When the `<commit>` argument is a branch name, the `--detach` option can
+be used to detach `HEAD` at the tip of the branch (`git checkout
+<branch>` would check out that branch without detaching `HEAD`).
'git checkout' [<tree-ish>] [--] <pathspec>...::
Overwrite paths in the working tree by replacing with the
'git checkout' [<tree-ish>] [--] <pathspec>...::
Overwrite paths in the working tree by replacing with the
- contents in the index or in the <tree-ish> (most often a
- commit). When a <tree-ish> is given, the paths that
- match the <pathspec> are updated both in the index and in
+ contents in the index or in the `<tree-ish>` (most often a
+ commit). When a `<tree-ish>` is given, the paths that
+ match the `<pathspec>` are updated both in the index and in
- Create a new branch named <new_branch> and start it at
- <start_point>; see linkgit:git-branch[1] for details.
+ Create a new branch named `<new_branch>` and start it at
+ `<start_point>`; see linkgit:git-branch[1] for details.
- Creates the branch <new_branch> and start it at <start_point>;
- if it already exists, then reset it to <start_point>. This is
+ Creates the branch `<new_branch>` and start it at `<start_point>`;
+ if it already exists, then reset it to `<start_point>`. This is
derived from the remote-tracking branch, by looking at the local part of
the refspec configured for the corresponding remote, and then stripping
the initial part up to the "*".
derived from the remote-tracking branch, by looking at the local part of
the refspec configured for the corresponding remote, and then stripping
the initial part up to the "*".
-This would tell us to use "hack" as the local branch when branching
-off of "origin/hack" (or "remotes/origin/hack", or even
-"refs/remotes/origin/hack"). If the given name has no slash, or the above
+This would tell us to use `hack` as the local branch when branching
+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
explicitly give a name with `-b` in such a case.
--no-track::
Do not set up "upstream" configuration, even if the
guessing results in an empty name, the guessing is aborted. You can
explicitly give a name with `-b` in such a case.
--no-track::
Do not set up "upstream" configuration, even if the
--detach::
Rather than checking out a branch to work on it, check out a
commit for inspection and discardable experiments.
--detach::
Rather than checking out a branch to work on it, check out a
commit for inspection and discardable experiments.
- This is the default behavior of "git checkout <commit>" when
- <commit> is not a branch name. See the "DETACHED HEAD" section
+ This is the default behavior of `git checkout <commit>` when
+ `<commit>` is not a branch name. See the "DETACHED HEAD" section
- Create a new 'orphan' branch, named <new_branch>, started from
- <start_point> and switch to it. The first commit made on this
+ 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
history totally disconnected from all the other branches and
commits.
+
The index and the working tree are adjusted as if you had previously run
new branch will have no parents and it will be the root of a new
history totally disconnected from all the other branches and
commits.
+
The index and the working tree are adjusted as if you had previously run
-"git checkout <start_point>". This allows you to start a new history
-that records a set of paths similar to <start_point> by easily running
-"git commit -a" to make the root commit.
+`git checkout <start_point>`. This allows you to start a new history
+that records a set of paths similar to `<start_point>` by easily running
+`git commit -a` to make the root commit.
+
This can be useful when you want to publish the tree from a commit
without exposing its full history. You might want to do this to publish
+
This can be useful when you want to publish the tree from a commit
without exposing its full history. You might want to do this to publish
Afterwards you will be ready to prepare your new files, repopulating the
working tree, by copying them from elsewhere, extracting a tarball, etc.
--ignore-skip-worktree-bits::
In sparse checkout mode, `git checkout -- <paths>` would
Afterwards you will be ready to prepare your new files, repopulating the
working tree, by copying them from elsewhere, extracting a tarball, etc.
--ignore-skip-worktree-bits::
In sparse checkout mode, `git checkout -- <paths>` would
- update only entries matched by <paths> and sparse patterns
- in $GIT_DIR/info/sparse-checkout. This option ignores
- the sparse patterns and adds back any files in <paths>.
+ update only entries matched by `<paths>` and sparse patterns
+ in `$GIT_DIR/info/sparse-checkout`. This option ignores
+ the sparse patterns and adds back any files in `<paths>`.
"merge" (default) and "diff3" (in addition to what is shown by
"merge" style, shows the original contents).
-p::
--patch::
Interactively select hunks in the difference between the
"merge" (default) and "diff3" (in addition to what is shown by
"merge" style, shows the original contents).
-p::
--patch::
Interactively select hunks in the difference between the
+
This means that you can use `git checkout -p` to selectively discard
edits from your current working tree. See the ``Interactive Mode''
+
This means that you can use `git checkout -p` to selectively discard
edits from your current working tree. See the ``Interactive Mode''
submodules according to the commit recorded in the superproject. If
local modifications in a submodule would be overwritten the checkout
submodules according to the commit recorded in the superproject. If
local modifications in a submodule would be overwritten the checkout
In the default overlay mode, `git checkout` never
removes files from the index or the working tree. When
specifying `--no-overlay`, files that appear in the index and
In the default overlay mode, `git checkout` never
removes files from the index or the working tree. When
specifying `--no-overlay`, files that appear in the index and
- working tree, but not in <tree-ish> are removed, to make them
- match <tree-ish> exactly.
+ working tree, but not in `<tree-ish>` are removed, to make them
+ match `<tree-ish>` exactly.
<branch>::
Branch to checkout; if it refers to a branch (i.e., a name that,
when prepended with "refs/heads/", is a valid ref), then that
branch is checked out. Otherwise, if it refers to a valid
<branch>::
Branch to checkout; if it refers to a branch (i.e., a name that,
when prepended with "refs/heads/", is a valid ref), then that
branch is checked out. Otherwise, if it refers to a valid
merge base of `A` and `B` if there is exactly one merge base. You can
leave out at most one of `A` and `B`, in which case it defaults to `HEAD`.
merge base of `A` and `B` if there is exactly one merge base. You can
leave out at most one of `A` and `B`, in which case it defaults to `HEAD`.
-the new commit. Specifically, 'git commit' creates a new commit 'd', whose
-parent is commit 'c', and then updates branch 'master' to refer to new
-commit 'd'. HEAD still refers to branch 'master' and so indirectly now refers
-to commit 'd':
+the new commit. Specifically, 'git commit' creates a new commit `d`, whose
+parent is commit `c`, and then updates branch `master` to refer to new
+commit `d`. `HEAD` still refers to branch `master` and so indirectly now refers
+to commit `d`:
It is sometimes useful to be able to checkout a commit that is not at
the tip of any named branch, or even to create a new commit that is not
referenced by a named branch. Let's look at what happens when we
It is sometimes useful to be able to checkout a commit that is not at
the tip of any named branch, or even to create a new commit that is not
referenced by a named branch. Let's look at what happens when we
-Notice that regardless of which checkout command we use, HEAD now refers
-directly to commit 'b'. This is known as being in detached HEAD state.
-It means simply that HEAD refers to a specific commit, as opposed to
+Notice that regardless of which checkout command we use, `HEAD` now refers
+directly to commit `b`. This is known as being in detached `HEAD` state.
+It means simply that `HEAD` refers to a specific commit, as opposed to
-<1> creates a new branch 'foo', which refers to commit 'f', and then
- updates HEAD to refer to branch 'foo'. In other words, we'll no longer
- be in detached HEAD state after this command.
+<1> creates a new branch `foo`, which refers to commit `f`, and then
+ updates `HEAD` to refer to branch `foo`. In other words, we'll no longer
+ be in detached `HEAD` state after this command.
-<2> similarly creates a new branch 'foo', which refers to commit 'f',
- but leaves HEAD detached.
+<2> similarly creates a new branch `foo`, which refers to commit `f`,
+ but leaves `HEAD` detached.
-<3> creates a new tag 'foo', which refers to commit 'f',
- leaving HEAD detached.
+<3> creates a new tag `foo`, which refers to commit `f`,
+ leaving `HEAD` detached.
-When there is only one argument given and it is not `--` (e.g. "git
-checkout abc"), and when the argument is both a valid `<tree-ish>`
-(e.g. a branch
"abc" exists) and a valid `<pathspec>` (e.g. a file
+When there is only one argument given and it is not `--` (e.g. `git
+checkout abc`), and when the argument is both a valid `<tree-ish>`
+(e.g. a branch
`abc` exists) and a valid `<pathspec>` (e.g. a file
or a directory whose name is "abc" exists), Git would usually ask
you to disambiguate. Because checking out a branch is so common an
or a directory whose name is "abc" exists), Git would usually ask
you to disambiguate. Because checking out a branch is so common an
in such a situation. Use `git checkout -- <pathspec>` if you want
to checkout these paths out of the index.
in such a situation. Use `git checkout -- <pathspec>` if you want
to checkout these paths out of the index.
differ in files that you have modified locally, in which case
the above checkout would fail like this:
+
differ in files that you have modified locally, in which case
the above checkout would fail like this:
+