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[PATCH] Documentation/git-worktree: fix stale "git checkout --to" references

From
Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Date
Jul 16, 2015, 22:02 UTC
Message-ID
<1437084165-6174-1-git-send-email-sunshine@sunshineco.com>

These should have been changed to "git worktree add" by b979d95 (checkout: retire --to option, 2015-07-06).

Signed-off-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
---
Atop what is already in 'master'...
 Documentation/git-worktree.txt | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-worktree.txt b/Documentation/git-worktree.txt
index da71f50..44619f2 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-worktree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-worktree.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ DESCRIPTION
 Manage multiple worktrees attached to the same repository.
 
 A git repository can support multiple working trees, allowing you to check
-out more than one branch at a time.  With `git checkout --to` a new working
+out more than one branch at a time.  With `git worktree add` a new working
 tree is associated with the repository.  This new working tree is called a
 "linked working tree" as opposed to the "main working tree" prepared by "git
 init" or "git clone".  A repository has one main working tree (if it's not a
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ Each linked working tree has a private sub-directory in the repository's
 $GIT_DIR/worktrees directory.  The private sub-directory's name is usually
 the base name of the linked working tree's path, possibly appended with a
 number to make it unique.  For example, when `$GIT_DIR=/path/main/.git` the
-command `git checkout --to /path/other/test-next next` creates the linked
+command `git worktree add /path/other/test-next next` creates the linked
 working tree in `/path/other/test-next` and also creates a
 `$GIT_DIR/worktrees/test-next` directory (or `$GIT_DIR/worktrees/test-next1`
 if `test-next` is already taken).
-- 
2.5.0.rc2.378.g0af52e8
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  1. Documentation/git-worktree: fix stale "git checkout --to" referencesEric Sunshine, Jul 16, 2015

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