Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > So this page should probably point to the what-is-a-branch section of > the User's Manual. Maybe something like this? Sounds good. Thanks > -- %< -- > Subject: Documentation: clarify branch creation > > The documentation seems to assume that the starting point for a new > branch is the tip of an existing (ordinary) branch, but that is not > the most common case. More often, "git branch" is used to begin > a branch from a remote-tracking branch, a tag, or an interesting > commit (e.g. origin/pu^2). Clarify the language so it can apply > to these cases. Thanks to Sean Estabrooks for the wording. > > Also add a pointer to the user's manual for the bewildered. > ... -- 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