Re: [RFC] Teach git-branch howto rename a branch

On 11/25/06, Fredrik Kuivinen [off-list ref] wrote:

On 11/25/06, Lars Hjemli [off-list ref] wrote:

quoted

This adds a '--rename' option to git branch. If specified, branch
creation becomes branch renaming.

With a single branchname, the current branch is renamed and .git/HEAD is
updated.

With two branchnames, the second name is renamed to the first.

Nice idea. But wouldn't it be more sensible to rename the first branch to the
second instead of the other way around? That is, the syntax would be

    git branch --rename FROM TO

which is more similar to how "mv" works.

Possibly, but then we would have

  git branch newbranch [oldbranch]

when creating a new branch, and

  git branch --rename [oldbranch] newbranch

for rename/move.

I'd prefer to be "internally consistent", but it does look and feel a
little strange...

Another option would be:

  git branch [--rename] [--from <branch>] newbranch

and deprecate the usage of two unnamed argumens for create/rename

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