Reverse the order of -b and --track in the man page.
authorBrian Gernhardt <benji@silverinsanity.com>
Mon, 23 Apr 2007 23:56:45 +0000 (19:56 -0400)
committerJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Mon, 23 Apr 2007 23:58:10 +0000 (16:58 -0700)
Using "-b --track newbranch oldbranch" gives the error:

  git checkout: updating paths is incompatible with switching
  branches/forcing

However, "--track -b ..." works just fine.

Signed-off-by: Brian Gernhardt <benji@silverinsanity.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Documentation/git-checkout.txt

index 4f2e847dc3fe44f503a578fc79496179c21ac11a..918d8ee720a573f91ec6efa654da5c2cdc05d7b0 100644 (file)
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-checkout - Checkout and switch to a branch
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git-checkout' [-q] [-f] [-b [--track | --no-track] <new_branch> [-l]] [-m] [<branch>]
+'git-checkout' [-q] [-f] [[--track | --no-track] -b <new_branch> [-l]] [-m] [<branch>]
 'git-checkout' [<tree-ish>] <paths>...
 
 DESCRIPTION