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| author | Jeff King <peff@peff.net> | 2009-04-13 07:21:04 -0400 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2009-04-13 09:08:16 -0700 |
| commit | 0808723b5065cc2141c2715a2df78882c158d4ef (patch) | |
| tree | 541ec3396b570560d4a37a8fb55aa57954b6cf14 /Documentation/git-checkout.txt | |
| parent | 76cfadfc17e9e9c7da87a6f9a4710c04107ae0cd (diff) | |
| download | git-0808723b5065cc2141c2715a2df78882c158d4ef.tar.gz | |
docs/checkout: clarify what "non-branch" means
In the code we literally stick "refs/heads/" on the front
and see if it resolves, so that is probably the best
explanation.
Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-checkout.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-checkout.txt | 10 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt index 4a1fb53096..ad4b31e892 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt @@ -114,11 +114,11 @@ the conflicted merge in the specified paths. "merge" style, shows the original contents). <branch>:: - Branch to checkout (when no paths are given); may be any object - ID that resolves to a commit. Defaults to HEAD. -+ -When this parameter names a non-branch (but still a valid commit object), -your HEAD becomes 'detached'. + 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 + commit, your HEAD becomes "detached" and you are no longer on + any branch (see below for details). + As a special case, the `"@\{-N\}"` syntax for the N-th last branch checks out the branch (instead of detaching). You may also specify |