From 3bf256f6cbf547832c5d938d62a962c80ea865ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mike Rogne <mike@infinitywebcreations.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2018 18:52:23 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] git checkout: add example for creating new branch based on
 remote branch with different name (#2494)

---
 pages/common/git-checkout.md | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pages/common/git-checkout.md b/pages/common/git-checkout.md
index 1cbcd946d..d546e746e 100644
--- a/pages/common/git-checkout.md
+++ b/pages/common/git-checkout.md
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
 
 `git checkout -b {{branch_name}}`
 
+- Create and switch to a new branch based on a specific reference (branch, remote/branch, tag are examples of valid references):
+
+`git checkout -b {{branch_name}} {{reference}}`
+
 - Switch to an existing local branch:
 
 `git checkout {{branch_name}}`