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diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt index eff7890..8bce75b 100644 --- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt +++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt @@ -122,10 +122,10 @@ Tags are expected to always point at the same version of a project, while heads are expected to advance as development progresses. Create a new branch head pointing to one of these versions and check it -out using linkgit:git-checkout[1]: +out using linkgit:git-switch[1]: ------------------------------------------------ -$ git checkout -b new v2.6.13 +$ git switch -c new v2.6.13 ------------------------------------------------ The working directory then reflects the contents that the project had @@ -282,10 +282,10 @@ a summary of the commands: this command will fail with a warning. `git branch -D <branch>`:: delete the branch `<branch>` irrespective of its merged status. -`git checkout <branch>`:: +`git switch <branch>`:: make the current branch `<branch>`, updating the working directory to reflect the version referenced by `<branch>`. -`git checkout -b <new> <start-point>`:: +`git switch -c <new> <start-point>`:: create a new branch `<new>` referencing `<start-point>`, and check it out. @@ -302,22 +302,22 @@ ref: refs/heads/master Examining an old version without creating a new branch ------------------------------------------------------ -The `git checkout` command normally expects a branch head, but will also -accept an arbitrary commit; for example, you can check out the commit -referenced by a tag: +The `git switch` command normally expects a branch head, but will also +accept an arbitrary commit when invoked with --detach; for example, +you can check out the commit referenced by a tag: ------------------------------------------------ -$ git checkout v2.6.17 +$ git switch --detach v2.6.17 Note: checking out 'v2.6.17'. You are in 'detached HEAD' state. You can look around, make experimental changes and commit them, and you can discard any commits you make in this -state without impacting any branches by performing another checkout. +state without impacting any branches by performing another switch. If you want to create a new branch to retain commits you create, you may -do so (now or later) by using -b with the checkout command again. Example: +do so (now or later) by using -c with the switch command again. Example: - git checkout -b new_branch_name + git switch -c new_branch_name HEAD is now at 427abfa Linux v2.6.17 ------------------------------------------------ @@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ You might want to build on one of these remote-tracking branches on a branch of your own, just as you would for a tag: ------------------------------------------------ -$ git checkout -b my-todo-copy origin/todo +$ git switch -c my-todo-copy origin/todo ------------------------------------------------ You can also check out `origin/todo` directly to examine it or @@ -1408,7 +1408,7 @@ If you get stuck and decide to just give up and throw the whole mess away, you can always return to the pre-merge state with ------------------------------------------------- -$ git reset --hard HEAD +$ git merge --abort ------------------------------------------------- Or, if you've already committed the merge that you want to throw away, @@ -1446,7 +1446,7 @@ mistake, you can return the entire working tree to the last committed state with ------------------------------------------------- -$ git reset --hard HEAD +$ git restore --staged --worktree :/ ------------------------------------------------- If you make a commit that you later wish you hadn't, there are two @@ -1523,12 +1523,10 @@ Checking out an old version of a file In the process of undoing a previous bad change, you may find it useful to check out an older version of a particular file using -linkgit:git-checkout[1]. We've used `git checkout` before to switch -branches, but it has quite different behavior if it is given a path -name: the command +linkgit:git-restore[1]. The command ------------------------------------------------- -$ git checkout HEAD^ path/to/file +$ git restore --source=HEAD^ path/to/file ------------------------------------------------- replaces path/to/file by the contents it had in the commit HEAD^, and @@ -2211,8 +2209,8 @@ $ git branch --track release origin/master These can be easily kept up to date using linkgit:git-pull[1]. ------------------------------------------------- -$ git checkout test && git pull -$ git checkout release && git pull +$ git switch test && git pull +$ git switch release && git pull ------------------------------------------------- Important note! If you have any local changes in these branches, then @@ -2264,7 +2262,7 @@ tested changes 2) help future bug hunters that use `git bisect` to find problems ------------------------------------------------- -$ git checkout -b speed-up-spinlocks v2.6.35 +$ git switch -c speed-up-spinlocks v2.6.35 ------------------------------------------------- Now you apply the patch(es), run some tests, and commit the change(s). If @@ -2279,7 +2277,7 @@ When you are happy with the state of this change, you can merge it into the "test" branch in preparation to make it public: ------------------------------------------------- -$ git checkout test && git merge speed-up-spinlocks +$ git switch test && git merge speed-up-spinlocks ------------------------------------------------- It is unlikely that you would have any conflicts here ... but you might if you @@ -2291,7 +2289,7 @@ see the value of keeping each patch (or patch series) in its own branch. It means that the patches can be moved into the `release` tree in any order. ------------------------------------------------- -$ git checkout release && git merge speed-up-spinlocks +$ git switch release && git merge speed-up-spinlocks ------------------------------------------------- After a while, you will have a number of branches, and despite the @@ -2512,7 +2510,7 @@ Suppose that you create a branch `mywork` on a remote-tracking branch `origin`, and create some commits on top of it: ------------------------------------------------- -$ git checkout -b mywork origin +$ git switch -c mywork origin $ vi file.txt $ git commit $ vi otherfile.txt @@ -2552,7 +2550,7 @@ commits without any merges, you may instead choose to use linkgit:git-rebase[1]: ------------------------------------------------- -$ git checkout mywork +$ git switch mywork $ git rebase origin ------------------------------------------------- @@ -3668,13 +3666,13 @@ change within the submodule, and then update the superproject to reference the new commit: ------------------------------------------------- -$ git checkout master +$ git switch master ------------------------------------------------- or ------------------------------------------------- -$ git checkout -b fix-up +$ git switch -c fix-up ------------------------------------------------- then @@ -3800,8 +3798,8 @@ use linkgit:git-tag[1] for both. The Workflow ------------ -High-level operations such as linkgit:git-commit[1], -linkgit:git-checkout[1] and linkgit:git-reset[1] work by moving data +High-level operations such as linkgit:git-commit[1] and +linkgit:git-restore[1] work by moving data between the working tree, the index, and the object database. Git provides low-level operations which perform each of these steps individually. @@ -4194,7 +4192,7 @@ start. A good place to start is with the contents of the initial commit, with: ---------------------------------------------------- -$ git checkout e83c5163 +$ git switch --detach e83c5163 ---------------------------------------------------- The initial revision lays the foundation for almost everything Git has @@ -4437,10 +4435,10 @@ Managing branches ----------------- ----------------------------------------------- -$ git branch # list all local branches in this repo -$ git checkout test # switch working directory to branch "test" -$ git branch new # create branch "new" starting at current HEAD -$ git branch -d new # delete branch "new" +$ git branch # list all local branches in this repo +$ git switch test # switch working directory to branch "test" +$ git branch new # create branch "new" starting at current HEAD +$ git branch -d new # delete branch "new" ----------------------------------------------- Instead of basing a new branch on current HEAD (the default), use: @@ -4456,7 +4454,7 @@ $ git branch new test~10 # ten commits before tip of branch "test" Create and switch to a new branch at the same time: ----------------------------------------------- -$ git checkout -b new v2.6.15 +$ git switch -c new v2.6.15 ----------------------------------------------- Update and examine branches from the repository you cloned from: @@ -4467,7 +4465,7 @@ $ git branch -r # list origin/master origin/next ... -$ git checkout -b masterwork origin/master +$ git switch -c masterwork origin/master ----------------------------------------------- Fetch a branch from a different repository, and give it a new |