[PATCH] branch: clarify <oldbranch> and <newbranch> terms further

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Clarify further the uses for <oldbranch> and describe the additional use
for <newbranch>.  Mentioning both renaming and copying in these places might
seem a bit redundant, but it should actually make understanding these terms
easier to the readers of the git-branch(1) man page.

Signed-off-by: Dragan Simic <dsimic@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 Documentation/git-branch.txt | 10 ++++++----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
index 0b0844293235..7392c2f0797d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
@@ -312,12 +312,14 @@ superproject's "origin/main", but tracks the submodule's "origin/main".
 	option is omitted, the current HEAD will be used instead.
 
 <oldbranch>::
-	The name of an existing branch.  If this option is omitted,
-	the name of the current branch will be used instead.
+	The name of an existing branch to be renamed or copied.
+	If this option is omitted, the name of the current branch
+	will be used instead.
 
 <newbranch>::
-	The new name for an existing branch. The same restrictions as for
-	<branchname> apply.
+	The new name for an existing branch, when renaming a branch,
+	or the name for a new branch, when copying a branch.  The same
+	naming restrictions apply as for <branchname>.
 
 --sort=<key>::
 	Sort based on the key given. Prefix `-` to sort in descending




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