Autogenerated HTML docs for v1.7.1-226-g770c5
diff --git a/git-checkout.html b/git-checkout.html index 917f2f9..e8b983a 100644 --- a/git-checkout.html +++ b/git-checkout.html
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ <div class="sectionbody"> <div class="verseblock"> <div class="content"><em>git checkout</em> [-q] [-f] [-m] [<branch>] -<em>git checkout</em> [-q] [-f] [-m] [-b <new_branch>] [<start_point>] +<em>git checkout</em> [-q] [-f] [-m] [[-b|--orphan] <new_branch>] [<start_point>] <em>git checkout</em> [-f|--ours|--theirs|-m|--conflict=<style>] [<tree-ish>] [--] <paths>… <em>git checkout</em> --patch [<tree-ish>] [--] [<paths>…]</div></div> </div> @@ -442,6 +442,27 @@ </p> </dd> <dt> +--orphan +</dt> +<dd> +<p> + Create a new branch named <new_branch>, unparented to any other + branch. The new branch you switch to does not have any commit + and after the first one it will become the root of a new history + completely unconnected from all the other branches. +</p> +<div class="para"><p>When you use "--orphan", the index and the working tree are kept intact. +This allows you to start a new history that records set of paths similar +to that of the start-point commit, which is useful when you want to keep +different branches for different audiences you are working to like when +you have an open source and commercial versions of a software, for example.</p></div> +<div class="para"><p>If you want to start a disconnected history that records set of paths +totally different from the original branch, you may want to first clear +the index and the working tree, by running "git rm -rf ." from the +top-level of the working tree, before preparing your files (by copying +from elsewhere, extracting a tarball, etc.) in the working tree.</p></div> +</dd> +<dt> -m </dt> <dt> @@ -675,7 +696,7 @@ </div> <div id="footer"> <div id="footer-text"> -Last updated 2010-04-24 02:55:48 UTC +Last updated 2010-05-21 14:57:15 UTC </div> </div> </body>
