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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2009-01-29 00:00:27 +0100 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2009-01-29 00:00:27 +0100 |
| commit | 8712b3cdb0495f5a56b91cd67e2697412447a886 (patch) | |
| tree | 98dafb9b4f38617d73ef59c9085e01ee727af729 /Documentation/git-checkout.txt | |
| parent | gitweb: check if-modified-since for feeds (diff) | |
| parent | t1505: remove debugging cruft (diff) | |
| download | git-8712b3cdb0495f5a56b91cd67e2697412447a886.tar.xz git-8712b3cdb0495f5a56b91cd67e2697412447a886.zip | |
Merge branch 'tr/previous-branch'
* tr/previous-branch:
t1505: remove debugging cruft
Simplify parsing branch switching events in reflog
Introduce for_each_recent_reflog_ent().
interpret_nth_last_branch(): plug small memleak
Fix reflog parsing for a malformed branch switching entry
Fix parsing of @{-1}@{1}
interpret_nth_last_branch(): avoid traversing the reflog twice
checkout: implement "-" abbreviation, add docs and tests
sha1_name: support @{-N} syntax in get_sha1()
sha1_name: tweak @{-N} lookup
checkout: implement "@{-N}" shortcut name for N-th last branch
Conflicts:
sha1_name.c
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-checkout.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-checkout.txt | 4 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt index 9cd51514db..3bccffae62 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt @@ -133,6 +133,10 @@ the conflicted merge in the specified paths. + When this parameter names a non-branch (but still a valid commit object), your HEAD becomes 'detached'. ++ +As a special case, the "`@\{-N\}`" syntax for the N-th last branch +checks out the branch (instead of detaching). You may also specify +"`-`" which is synonymous with "`@\{-1\}`". Detached HEAD |