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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-05-20 05:14:39 +0000
committerDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-05-20 05:14:39 +0000
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parentReleasing progress-linux version 1:2.43.0-1~progress7.99u1. (diff)
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Merging upstream version 1:2.45.1.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
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@@ -63,7 +63,9 @@ $ git checkout <branch>
------------
+
that is to say, the branch is not reset/created unless "git checkout" is
-successful.
+successful (e.g., when the branch is in use in another worktree, not
+just the current branch stays the same, but the branch is not reset to
+the start-point, either).
'git checkout' --detach [<branch>]::
'git checkout' [--detach] <commit>::
@@ -215,7 +217,7 @@ variable.
below for details.
--orphan <new-branch>::
- Create a new 'orphan' branch, named `<new-branch>`, started from
+ Create a new unborn 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