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

From
Sam Vilain <sam@vilain.net>
Date
Oct 30, 2008, 23:28 UTC
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On Thu, 2008-10-30 at 14:28 -0400, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> > For the case where the thing you type is a resolvable reference, it
> > would just check it out, as now.
> As long as it checks it out with a detached head if it is a remote 
> branch then I have no issue.

Absolutely - if you've already got a branch "master", then "git checkout master" should definitely give it to you. If you go "git checkout origin/master", you get a floating head. But I quite often find myself wanting to check out a remote branch, and give it a name just like on the remote. I want "git checkout blah" to assume that's what I mean, until I make a local branch "blah".

> By default, git creates a branch called "master.  Hence, by default, if 
> you clone that repository, this branch will be called origin/master.  So 
> by default $foo is already ambiguous.

Right - 'master' in this case resolves to something. The ambiguity is resolved by defaulting to the thing that resolves. The fall-back behaviour is only triggered if you asked for something that is currently an error. Because breaking expectations sucks.

Sam.
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  1. Documentation: add a planning document for the next CLI revampSam Vilain, Oct 30, 2008
  2. Stefan KarpinskiOct 30, 2008
  3. Kyle MoffettOct 31, 2008
  4. Pierre HabouzitOct 30, 2008
  5. Julian PhillipsOct 30, 2008
  6. Jeff KingOct 31, 2008
  7. Junio C HamanoNov 2, 2008
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  9. Nicolas PitreOct 30, 2008
  10. Shawn O. PearceOct 30, 2008
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  15. Nicolas PitreOct 30, 2008
  16. Yann DirsonOct 30, 2008
  17. Sam VilainOct 30, 2008
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  19. Sam VilainOct 31, 2008
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  21. Sam VilainNov 3, 2008
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  23. Johannes SchindelinNov 1, 2008
  24. Theodore TsoOct 30, 2008
  25. Pierre HabouzitOct 30, 2008
  26. Theodore TsoOct 30, 2008
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  28. Sam VilainOct 30, 2008
  29. Nicolas PitreOct 30, 2008
  30. Junio C HamanoNov 2, 2008
  31. Theodore TsoNov 2, 2008
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  34. Matthieu MoyOct 30, 2008
  35. Nicolas PitreOct 30, 2008
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  37. Nicolas PitreOct 30, 2008
  38. Sam VilainOct 30, 2008
  39. Junio C HamanoNov 2, 2008
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  41. Elijah NewrenNov 1, 2008
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  48. Junio C HamanoNov 2, 2008
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