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From: "Rubén Justo" <rjusto@gmail.com>
To: Git List <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] branch: clarify <oldbranch> term
Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2024 15:38:37 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <d38e5a18-4d85-48f3-bc8b-8ca02ea683a4@gmail.com> (raw)

Since 52d59cc645 (branch: add a --copy (-c) option to go with --move
(-m), 2017-06-18) <oldbranch> is used in more operations than just -m.

Let's also clarify what we do if <oldbranch> is omitted.

Signed-off-by: Rubén Justo <rjusto@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/git-branch.txt | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
index 4395aa9354..233264549c 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
@@ -312,7 +312,8 @@ 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 to rename.
+	The name of an existing branch.  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
-- 
2.42.0

             reply	other threads:[~2024-01-06 14:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-01-06 14:38 Rubén Justo [this message]
2024-01-08 18:04 ` [PATCH] branch: clarify <oldbranch> term Junio C Hamano

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