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[PATCH] git-branch: remove mention of non-existent '-b' option

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Nov 12, 2007, 04:07 UTC
Message-ID
<20071112040704.GA12550@sigill.intra.peff.net>

This looks like a cut and paste error from the git-checkout explanation of --no-track.

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
---
 Documentation/git-branch.txt |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
index 5e81aa4..5ce905d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ OPTIONS
 	'--track' were given.
 
 --no-track::
-	When -b is given and a branch is created off a remote branch,
+	When a branch is created off a remote branch,
 	set up configuration so that git-pull will not retrieve data
 	from the remote branch, ignoring the branch.autosetupmerge
 	configuration variable.
-- 
1.5.3.5.1664.gcd60
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  1. git-branch: remove mention of non-existent '-b' optionJeff King, Nov 12, 2007

Read the whole thread, see it on lore, or plain text.

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