path.c: clarify trie_find()'s in-code comment

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

diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
index d9325e2145441520c706c8d0a369d559e841eb19..135206ff4aba651f9f40f307fdabaec91ae86555 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
@@ -8,9 +8,8 @@ git-branch - List, create, or delete branches
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git branch' [--color[=<when>] | --no-color]
+'git branch' [--color[=<when>] | --no-color] [--show-current]
        [-v [--abbrev=<length> | --no-abbrev]]
-       [--show-current]
        [--column[=<options>] | --no-column] [--sort=<key>]
        [(--merged | --no-merged) [<commit>]]
        [--contains [<commit]] [--no-contains [<commit>]]
@@ -29,8 +28,10 @@ DESCRIPTION
 -----------
 
 If `--list` is given, or if there are no non-option arguments, existing
-branches are listed; the current branch will be highlighted with an
-asterisk.  Option `-r` causes the remote-tracking branches to be listed,
+branches are listed; the current branch will be highlighted in green and
+marked with an asterisk.  Any branches checked out in linked worktrees will
+be highlighted in cyan and marked with a plus sign. Option `-r` causes the
+remote-tracking branches to be listed,
 and option `-a` shows both local and remote branches.
 
 If a `<pattern>`
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ can leave out at most one of `A` and `B`, in which case it defaults to
 `HEAD`.
 
 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
+working tree to it; use "git switch <newbranch>" to switch to the
 new branch.
 
 When a local branch is started off a remote-tracking branch, Git sets up the
@@ -183,8 +184,10 @@ This option is only applicable in non-verbose mode.
        When in list mode,
        show sha1 and commit subject line for each head, along with
        relationship to upstream branch (if any). If given twice, print
-       the name of the upstream branch, as well (see also `git remote
-       show <remote>`).
+       the path of the linked worktree (if any) and the name of the upstream
+       branch, as well (see also `git remote show <remote>`).  Note that the
+       current worktree's HEAD will not have its path printed (it will always
+       be your current directory).
 
 -q::
 --quiet::
@@ -211,7 +214,7 @@ This option is only applicable in non-verbose mode.
 +
 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`
+want `git switch`, `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-tracking branch.
 
@@ -310,7 +313,7 @@ Start development from a known tag::
 $ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/.../linux-2.6 my2.6
 $ cd my2.6
 $ git branch my2.6.14 v2.6.14   <1>
-$ git checkout my2.6.14
+$ git switch my2.6.14
 ------------
 +
 <1> This step and the next one could be combined into a single step with
@@ -347,9 +350,9 @@ Patterns will normally need quoting.
 NOTES
 -----
 
-If you are creating a branch that you want to checkout immediately, it is
-easier to use the git checkout command with its `-b` option to create
-a branch and check it out with a single command.
+If you are creating a branch that you want to switch to immediately,
+it is easier to use the "git switch" command with its `-c` option to
+do the same thing with a single command.
 
 The options `--contains`, `--no-contains`, `--merged` and `--no-merged`
 serve four related but different purposes: