The option is “--detach”, but we accidentally spelled it “--detached” at one point in the man page. Signed-off-by: brian m. carlson <sandals@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reported-by: Casey Rodarmor <casey@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- 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.