Re: Local clone checks out wrong branch based on remote HEAD

On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 6:05 AM, Michael J Gruber
[off-list ref] wrote:

One might even argue that in case of ambiguities, checking out a
detached head would be most appropriate. Really, why impose creation of
certain local branches on a user at all, unless asked for? Detached
heads are natural in git! But I don't really expect positive consensus
on that one...

Shirley, you must be joking. :-)

I think there are two reasonable paths forward:

1) Address Jeff's concerns above so that the symref can be sent.
2) In lieu of (1), have clone at least warn that multiple branches
match and that it just picked one.

j.