Merge branch 'jc/rev-list-options-fix'

[thirdparty/git.git] / Documentation / git-branch.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
index 1940256930d92c0679b95bb0cd41f24847828bd4..c50f1898272f6b2a9a1c1cd236d3b27621d4fdb9 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
@@ -37,11 +37,12 @@ Note that this will create the new branch, but it will not switch the
 working tree to it; use "git checkout <newbranch>" to switch to the
 new branch.
 
-When a local branch is started off a remote branch, git sets up the
+When a local branch is started off a remote-tracking branch, git sets up the
 branch so that 'git pull' will appropriately merge from
-the remote branch. This behavior may be changed via the global
+the remote-tracking branch. This behavior may be changed via the global
 `branch.autosetupmerge` configuration flag. That setting can be
-overridden by using the `--track` and `--no-track` options.
+overridden by using the `--track` and `--no-track` options, and
+changed later using `git branch --set-upstream`.
 
 With a '-m' or '-M' option, <oldbranch> will be renamed to <newbranch>.
 If <oldbranch> had a corresponding reflog, it is renamed to match
@@ -89,7 +90,8 @@ OPTIONS
        Move/rename a branch even if the new branch name already exists.
 
 --color[=<when>]::
-       Color branches to highlight current, local, and remote branches.
+       Color branches to highlight current, local, and
+       remote-tracking branches.
        The value must be always (the default), never, or auto.
 
 --no-color::
@@ -125,11 +127,11 @@ OPTIONS
        it directs `git pull` without arguments to pull from the
        upstream when the new branch is checked out.
 +
-This behavior is the default when the start point is a remote branch.
+This behavior is the default when the start point is a remote-tracking branch.
 Set the branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable to `false` if you
 want `git checkout` and `git branch` to always behave as if '--no-track'
 were given. Set it to `always` if you want this behavior when the
-start-point is either a local or remote branch.
+start-point is either a local or remote-tracking branch.
 
 --no-track::
        Do not set up "upstream" configuration, even if the
@@ -230,14 +232,6 @@ linkgit:git-remote[1],
 link:user-manual.html#what-is-a-branch[``Understanding history: What is
 a branch?''] in the Git User's Manual.
 
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> and Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
 GIT
 ---
 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite