Re: [PATCH] Clarify the git-branch documentation of default start-point
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Martin Nordholts <enselic@gmail.com>
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- Jun 18, 2009, 06:04 UTC
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On Wed, 2009-06-17 at 22:48 -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Martin Nordholts <enselic@gmail.com> writes: > > > - is omitted, the current branch is assumed. > > + is omitted, the current branch is assumed. Note that checking > > + out a remote branch does not make it the current branch. If a > > + remote branch is desired as start-point it must be an explicity > > + specified. > > [...] "it" in the second new sentence is unclear. > > You probably wanted to answer "If I wanted to have _my own 'next' branch_ > that tracks 'next' from the remote, what should I do?"
What I am trying to clarify is that a remote branch will never be the default for the start-point argument to git-branch, so if someone wants a remote branch as start-point, then the branch must be explicitly specified.
For this, the first sentence might actually be enough. If a remote branch never is the current branch, and if start-point defaults to the current branch, then the start-point can never default to a remote branch.
Should we just stick to the first sentence then perhaps?
/ Martin