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RE: [PATCH] doc: use "git switch -c" rather than "git checkout -b" consistently

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Date
Jan 9, 2023, 11:17 UTC
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On January 8, 2023 11:31 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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>"Yutaro Ohno via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> From: Yutaro Ohno <yutaro.ono.418@gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: use "git switch -c" rather than "git
>> checkout -b" consistently
>
>Hmph.  When two things work equally well, is it a good idea to describe
only one
>"consistently", or mention both that can be used pretty much
interchangeably in
>different places?  I am not 100% sure "consistently" is a good thing here.
>
>Thoughts from others?

git switch is still marked as EXPERIMENTAL in the online help. I don't think moving broadly to switch from checkout in the documentation should happen until the EXPERIMENTAL designation is dropped. After that, then "switch -c" should be used everywhere instead of checkout (except for in the checkout documentation).

--Randall
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Message 7 of 14 in “doc: use "git switch -c" rather than "git checkout -b" consistently”
  1. doc: use "git switch -c" rather than "git checkout -b" consistentlyYutaro Ohno via GitGitGadget, Jan 8, 2023
  2. Junio C HamanoJan 9, 2023
  3. Eric SunshineJan 9, 2023
  4. Junio C HamanoJan 9, 2023
  5. Eric SunshineJan 9, 2023
  6. Yutaro OhnoJan 9, 2023
  7. rsbecker@nexbridge.comJan 9, 2023
  8. Eric SunshineJan 9, 2023
  9. rsbecker@nexbridge.comJan 9, 2023
  10. Eric SunshineJan 9, 2023
  11. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJan 9, 2023
  12. doc: add "git switch -c" as another option on detached HEADYutaro Ohno via GitGitGadget, Jan 9, 2023
  13. Eric SunshineJan 9, 2023
  14. Junio C HamanoJan 13, 2023

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