Subject: [PATCH] doc: use "git switch -c" rather than "git checkout -b" consistently

From: "Yutaro Ohno via GitGitGadget" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2023 08:24:01 +0000

From: Yutaro Ohno <[email-masked]>

In the "DETACHED HEAD" section in the git-checkout doc, it suggests
using "git checkout -b <branch-name>" to create a new branch on the
detached head.

On the other hand, when you checkout a commit that is not at the tip of
any named branch (e.g., when you checkout a tag), git suggests using
"git switch -c <branch-name>".

Use "git switch -c" and fix this inconsistency.

Signed-off-by: Yutaro Ohno <[email-masked]>
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    doc: use "git switch -c" rather than "git checkout -b" consistently

Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-git-1422%2Fohno418%2Fimprove-git-checkout-doc-v1
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-git-1422/ohno418/improve-git-checkout-doc-v1
Pull-Request: https://github.com/git/git/pull/1422

 Documentation/git-checkout.txt | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
index 4cb9d555b4b..ba3d6164847 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
@@ -477,9 +477,9 @@ before that happens. If we have not yet moved away from commit `f`,
 any of these will create a reference to it:
 
 ------------
-$ git checkout -b foo   <1>
-$ git branch foo        <2>
-$ git tag foo           <3>
+$ git switch -c foo   <1>
+$ git branch foo      <2>
+$ git tag foo         <3>
 ------------
 
 <1> creates a new branch `foo`, which refers to commit `f`, and then

base-commit: 2b4f5a4e4bb102ac8d967cea653ed753b608193c
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