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[PATCH] Documentation: correctly spell git worktree --detach

From
brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
Date
Feb 22, 2017, 12:34 UTC
Message-ID
<20170222123442.923694-1-sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
In-Reply-To
<CANLPe+OaSnNb1jhAnFtMsOCfho0H7mHVHiXs7rqo6ZHNvRe3-w@mail.gmail.com>

The option is “--detach”, but we accidentally spelled it “--detached” at one point in the man page.

Signed-off-by: brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
Reported-by: Casey Rodarmor <casey@rodarmor.com>
---
 Documentation/git-worktree.txt | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-worktree.txt b/Documentation/git-worktree.txt
index e257c19ebe..553cf8413f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-worktree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-worktree.txt
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ is linked to the current repository, sharing everything except working
 directory specific files such as HEAD, index, etc. `-` may also be
 specified as `<branch>`; it is synonymous with `@{-1}`.
 +
-If `<branch>` is omitted and neither `-b` nor `-B` nor `--detached` used,
+If `<branch>` is omitted and neither `-b` nor `-B` nor `--detach` used,
 then, as a convenience, a new branch based at HEAD is created automatically,
 as if `-b $(basename <path>)` was specified.
 
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Message 3 of 4 in “Fwd: Typo in worktree man page”
  1. Casey RodarmorFeb 22, 2017
  2. brian m. carlsonFeb 22, 2017
  3. Documentation: correctly spell git worktree --detachbrian m. carlson, Feb 22, 2017
  4. Junio C HamanoFeb 22, 2017

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