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diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.adoc b/Documentation/git-checkout.adoc index ff1cb29bc1..e0910bb59d 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-checkout.adoc +++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.adoc @@ -20,10 +20,12 @@ git checkout (-p|--patch) [<tree-ish>] [--] [<pathspec>...] DESCRIPTION ----------- -Updates files in the working tree to match the version in the index -or the specified tree. If no pathspec was given, `git checkout` will -also update `HEAD` to set the specified branch as the current -branch. + +`git checkout` has two main modes: + +1. **Switch branches**, with `git checkout <branch>` +2. **Restore a different version of a file**, for example with + `git checkout <commit> <filename>` or `git checkout <filename>` `git checkout [<branch>]`:: To prepare for working on _<branch>_, switch to it by updating |