Add some missing punctuation.
Simplify description of "git branch -d/-D".
Signed-off-by: Thomas Ackermann <th.ac...@arcor.de>
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Documentation/user-manual.txt | 19 +++++++------------
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
index 0656191..d5baf03 100644
--- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt
+++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
@@ -268,27 +268,22 @@ Creating, deleting, and modifying branches is quick and
easy; here's
a summary of the commands:
`git branch`::
- list all branches
+ list all branches.
`git branch <branch>`::
create a new branch named `<branch>`, referencing the same
- point in history as the current branch
+ point in history as the current branch.
`git branch <branch> <start-point>`::
create a new branch named `<branch>`, referencing
`<start-point>`, which may be specified any way you like,
- including using a branch name or a tag name
+ including using a branch name or a tag name.
`git branch -d <branch>`::
- delete the branch `<branch>`; if the branch you are deleting
- points to a commit which is not reachable from the current
- branch, this command will fail with a warning.
+ delete the branch `<branch>`; if the branch is not fully
+ merged in its upstream branch, this command will fail with a warning.
`git branch -D <branch>`::
- even if the branch points to a commit not reachable
- from the current branch, you may know that that commit
- is still reachable from some other branch or tag. In that
- case it is safe to use this command to force Git to delete
- the branch.
+ delete the branch `<branch>` irrespective of its merged status.
`git checkout <branch>`::
make the current branch `<branch>`, updating the working
- directory to reflect the version referenced by `<branch>`
+ directory to reflect the version referenced by `<branch>`.
`git checkout -b <new> <start-point>`::
create a new branch `<new>` referencing `<start-point>`, and
check it out.
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1.8.3.msysgit.0
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Thomas
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