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diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt index 3ad9760a4d..fd048ea62e 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt @@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ git-checkout - Checkout a branch or paths to the working tree SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git-checkout' [-q] [-f] [[--track | --no-track] -b <new_branch> [-l]] [-m] [<branch>] -'git-checkout' [<tree-ish>] <paths>... +'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [[--track | --no-track] -b <new_branch> [-l]] [-m] [<branch>] +'git checkout' [<tree-ish>] <paths>... DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ options, which will be passed to `git branch`. When <paths> are given, this command does *not* switch branches. It updates the named paths in the working tree from -the index file (i.e. it runs `git-checkout-index -f -u`), or +the index file (i.e. it runs `git checkout-index -f -u`), or from a named commit. In this case, the `-f` and `-b` options are meaningless and giving either of them results in an error. <tree-ish> argument can be @@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ current branch and directly point at the commit named by the tag (`v2.6.18` in the above example). You can use usual git commands while in this state. You can use -`git-reset --hard $othercommit` to further move around, for +`git reset --hard $othercommit` to further move around, for example. You can make changes and create a new commit on top of a detached HEAD. You can even create a merge by using `git merge $othercommit`. |