git-checkout.txt: fix one syntax line
authorNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Fri, 29 Mar 2019 10:38:54 +0000 (17:38 +0700)
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Tue, 2 Apr 2019 04:56:58 +0000 (13:56 +0900)
<branch> can be omitted in this syntax, and it's actually documented a
few paragraphs down:

You could omit <branch>, in which case the command degenerates to
"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.

Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Documentation/git-checkout.txt
index 99c8c0dc0f837ba744cf7e4c5af650bb160ba4bf..28817cfa419764261a41598189d4dbd42cfb665e 100644 (file)
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ or the specified tree.  If no paths are given, 'git checkout' will
 also update `HEAD` to set the specified branch as the current
 branch.
 
-'git checkout' <branch>::
+'git checkout' [<branch>]::
        To prepare for working on <branch>, switch to it by updating
        the index and the files in the working tree, and by pointing
        HEAD at the branch. Local modifications to the files in the