On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 03:13:06PM +0200, Sverre Rabbelier wrote: > On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 13:19, Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > +'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [-m] [-b <new_branch>] [<start_point>] > > This way doesn't it say you can leave out the [-b <new branch>] part > but still specify a start point? I thought the general syntax for this > would make it: > > > +'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [-m] [-b <new_branch> [<start_point>]] Oops, actually it is supposed to be: 'git checkout' ... -b <new_branch> [<start_point>] The cause where "-b <new_branch>" isn't used is covered in the line above. -Peff -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html