branch: clarify <oldbranch> term
Since 52d59cc645 (branch: add a --copy (-c) option to go with --move (-m), 2017-06-18) <oldbranch> is used in more operations than just -m. Let's also clarify what we do if <oldbranch> is omitted. Signed-off-by: Rubén Justo <rjusto@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -312,7 +312,8 @@ superproject's "origin/main", but tracks the submodule's "origin/main".
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option is omitted, the current HEAD will be used instead.
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<oldbranch>::
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- The name of an existing branch to rename.
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+ The name of an existing branch. If this option is omitted,
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+ the name of the current branch will be used instead.
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<newbranch>::
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The new name for an existing branch. The same restrictions as for