 the new branch.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">&lt;start_point&gt;</dt>
<dd>
<p>The name of a commit at which to start the new branch; see
<a href="git-branch.html">git-branch(1)</a> for details. Defaults to <code>HEAD</code>.</p>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>As a special case, you may use <code>"A...B"</code> as a shortcut for the
merge base of <code>A</code> and <code>B</code> if there is exactly one merge base. You can
leave out at most one of <code>A</code> and <code>B</code>, in which case it defaults to