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| author | Rubén Justo <rjusto@gmail.com> | 2024-01-06 15:38:37 +0100 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2024-01-08 19:06:05 +0100 |
| commit | 5aea3955bcd716c5dcb3323ef4eab72da70db623 (patch) | |
| tree | 74236ad6f22d80db0dc7638f20b2b27bc209b7e5 | |
| parent | Git 2.43 (diff) | |
| download | git-5aea3955bcd716c5dcb3323ef4eab72da70db623.tar.xz git-5aea3955bcd716c5dcb3323ef4eab72da70db623.zip | |
branch: clarify <oldbranch> term
Since 52d59cc645 (branch: add a --copy (-c) option to go with --move
(-m), 2017-06-18) <oldbranch> is used in more operations than just -m.
Let's also clarify what we do if <oldbranch> is omitted.
Signed-off-by: Rubén Justo <rjusto@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-branch.txt | 3 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt index 4395aa9354..0b08442932 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt @@ -312,7 +312,8 @@ superproject's "origin/main", but tracks the submodule's "origin/main". option is omitted, the current HEAD will be used instead. <oldbranch>:: - The name of an existing branch to rename. + The name of an existing branch. If this option is omitted, + the name of the current branch will be used instead. <newbranch>:: The new name for an existing branch. The same restrictions as for |