Re: [PATCH] Documentation: add a planning document for the next CLI revamp

On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 02:59:28PM +0000, Mike Hommey wrote:

On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 07:52:53AM -0700, Shawn O. Pearce [off-list ref] wrote:

quoted

+1 to Nico's NAK.

Although I was at the GitTogether I don't remember this change to
checkout being discussed.  I must have been asleep reading email
or something.  I am _NOT_ in favor of this change; I think the
current behavior of "git checkout origin/master" is correct and as
sane as we can make it.

Except he was talking about 'git checkout branch', not 'git checkout
origin/branch'. And I would be fine with 'git checkout branch' doing
what 'git checkout -b branch $remote/branch' does if $remote is unique
(i.e. there is no other 'branch' branch in any other remote) and the
'branch' branch doesn't already exist.

Seconded.

Having git-checkout $foo being a shorthand for git checkout -b $foo
origin/$foo when origin/$foo exists and $foo doesn't is definitely handy.

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·O·  Pierre Habouzit
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