From: Julia Evans <julia@xxxxxxx>
Many Git users don't know what the term "reset" means. Resolve this by:
- Expanding it into its definition, in one case
- Giving a simpler but still accurate explanation ("the branch will not
be created or modified"), in the other case
Signed-off-by: Julia Evans <julia@xxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/git-checkout.adoc | 11 +++++------
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.adoc b/Documentation/git-checkout.adoc
index 4de3ac6680..e4614674f0 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-checkout.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.adoc
@@ -54,18 +54,17 @@ to print out the tracking information for the current branch.
`--track` without `-b` implies branch creation; see the
description of `--track` below.
+
-If `-B` is given, _<new-branch>_ is created if it doesn't exist; otherwise, it
-is reset. This is the transactional equivalent of
+If `-B` is given, _<new-branch>_ is created if it doesn't exist;
+otherwise `<new-branch>` is forced to point at the commit. This is the
+transactional equivalent of
+
------------
$ git branch -f <branch> [<start-point>]
$ git checkout <branch>
------------
+
-that is to say, the branch is not reset/created unless "git checkout" is
-successful (e.g., when the branch is in use in another worktree, not
-just the current branch stays the same, but the branch is not reset to
-the start-point, either).
+that is, the branch will not be created or modified unless
+`git checkout` is successful.
`git checkout --detach [<branch>]`::
`git checkout [--detach] <commit>`::
--
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