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[PATCH v2 1/1] doc/gitcore-tutorial: fix prose to match example command

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Heba Waly via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Date
Jan 8, 2020, 00:31 UTC
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From: Heba Waly <heba.waly@gmail.com>

In 328c6cb853 (doc: promote "git switch", 2019-03-29), an example was changed to use "git switch" rather than "git checkout" but an instance of "git checkout" in the explanatory text preceding the example was overlooked. Fix this oversight.

Signed-off-by: Heba Waly <heba.waly@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt b/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt
index f880d21dfb..c0b95256cc 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt
@@ -751,7 +751,7 @@ to it.
 ================================================
 If you make the decision to start your new branch at some
 other point in the history than the current `HEAD`, you can do so by
-just telling 'git checkout' what the base of the checkout would be.
+just telling 'git switch' what the base of the checkout would be.
 In other words, if you have an earlier tag or branch, you'd just do
 
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  1. 0/1 [Outreachy] doc: fix a typo in gitcore-tutorial.txtHeba Waly via GitGitGadget, Jan 7, 2020
  2. 1/1 doc: fix a typo in gitcore-tutorial.txtHeba Waly via GitGitGadget, Jan 7, 2020
  3. Eric SunshineJan 7, 2020
  4. Junio C HamanoJan 7, 2020
  5. Heba WalyJan 8, 2020
  6. 0/1 [Outreachy] doc/gitcore-tutorial: fix prose to match example commandHeba Waly via GitGitGadget, Jan 8, 2020
  7. 1/1 doc/gitcore-tutorial: fix prose to match example commandHeba Waly via GitGitGadget, Jan 8, 2020
  8. Junio C HamanoJan 8, 2020

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