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Call out the two different uses of git-branch and fix a typo.

PATCH New Jon Loeliger 1 participant 1 message Jun 15, 2016 Documentation

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PATCH 1/1 Call out the two different uses of git-branch and fix a typo.

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 Documentation/git-branch.txt |   10 +++++++---
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Documentation/git-branch.txt +7 -3
index 4cd0cb9..71ecd85 100644
@@ -7,16 +7,20 @@ git-branch - Create a new branch, or rem
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-branch' [(-d | -D) <branchname>] | [[-f] <branchname> [<start-point>]]
+[verse]
+'git-branch' [[-f] <branchname> [<start-point>]]
+'git-branch' (-d | -D) <branchname>
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
 If no argument is provided, show available branches and mark current
 branch with star. Otherwise, create a new branch of name <branchname>.
-
 If a starting point is also specified, that will be where the branch is
 created, otherwise it will be created at the current HEAD.
 
+With a `-d` or `-D` option, `<branchname>` will be deleted.
+
+
 OPTIONS
 -------
 -d::
@@ -39,7 +43,7 @@ OPTIONS
 Examples
 ~~~~~~~~
 
-Start development off of a know tag::
+Start development off of a known tag::
 +
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 $ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/.../linux-2.6 my2.6
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