From: Thomas Ackermann Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2013 07:31:33 GMT Subject: [PATCH 08/13] Improve section "Manipulating branches" Message-ID: <1973484790.1091060.1377329493472.JavaMail.ngmail@webmail08.arcor-online.net> In-Reply-To: <282216171.1090748.1377328932833.JavaMail.ngmail@webmail08.arcor-online.net> Add some missing punctuation. Simplify description of "git branch -d/-D". Signed-off-by: Thomas Ackermann --- Documentation/user-manual.txt | 19 +++++++------------ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt index 0656191..d5baf03 100644 --- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt +++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt @@ -268,27 +268,22 @@ Creating, deleting, and modifying branches is quick and easy; here's a summary of the commands: `git branch`:: - list all branches + list all branches. `git branch `:: create a new branch named ``, referencing the same - point in history as the current branch + point in history as the current branch. `git branch `:: create a new branch named ``, referencing ``, which may be specified any way you like, - including using a branch name or a tag name + including using a branch name or a tag name. `git branch -d `:: - delete the branch ``; if the branch you are deleting - points to a commit which is not reachable from the current - branch, this command will fail with a warning. + delete the branch ``; if the branch is not fully + merged in its upstream branch, this command will fail with a warning. `git branch -D `:: - even if the branch points to a commit not reachable - from the current branch, you may know that that commit - is still reachable from some other branch or tag. In that - case it is safe to use this command to force Git to delete - the branch. + delete the branch `` irrespective of its merged status. `git checkout `:: make the current branch ``, updating the working - directory to reflect the version referenced by `` + directory to reflect the version referenced by ``. `git checkout -b `:: create a new branch `` referencing ``, and check it out. -- 1.8.3.msysgit.0 --- Thomas