Using "-b --track newbranch oldbranch" gives the error: git checkout: updating paths is incompatible with switching branches/forcing However, "--track -b ..." works just fine. Signed-off-by: Brian Gernhardt <benji@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/git-checkout.txt | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt index 4f2e847..918d8ee 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-checkout - Checkout and switch to a branch SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git-checkout' [-q] [-f] [-b [--track | --no-track] <new_branch> [-l]] [-m] [<branch>] +'git-checkout' [-q] [-f] [[--track | --no-track] -b <new_branch> [-l]] [-m] [<branch>] 'git-checkout' [<tree-ish>] <paths>... DESCRIPTION -- 1.5.2.rc0.1.g2cc31 - 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