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Improve section "Manipulating branches"

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Add some missing punctuation.
Simplify description of "git branch -d/-D".

Signed-off-by: Thomas Ackermann <th.acker@arcor.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Thomas Ackermann 2013-08-27 20:02:08 +02:00 committed by Junio C Hamano
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@ -268,27 +268,23 @@ 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 or contained in the current 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.