Re: GIT vs Other: Need argument

Linus Torvalds [off-list ref] writes:

I'd personally be ok with a

	git clone --default=<branch> <url>

to create something where "master" defaults to some other remote branch, 
but that just addresses the syntax. And quite frankly, I don't think we 
*need* to. We should just tell people how _easy_ it is to track some other 
branch now.

I agree with this (and everything you said in your message).
Keep the semantics the same, except that behave as if remote
HEAD pointed at a different branch than what it really points
at.

If Carl is also happy with the syntax, we can conclude this
discussion and:

 (1) have that as an enhancement to git-clone;

 (2) add a how-to document or a section to the manual to teach
     people how to track one or more branches, based on the
     messages already posted on this thread.