Re: [ANNOUNCE] Git v2.16.0-rc0

From: Paul Smith <paul@mad-scientist.net>
Date: Jan 4, 2018, 21:35 UTC
Message-ID: <1515101753.2717.690.camel@mad-scientist.net>
In-Reply-To: <20180104201804.GE2641@hank>

On Thu, 2018-01-04 at 20:18 +0000, Thomas Gummerer wrote:

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> On 12/29, Paul Smith wrote:
> > On Thu, 2017-12-28 at 20:30 -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> > >   * The way "git worktree add" determines what branch to create
> > > from where and checkout in the new worktree has been updated a
> > > bit.
> > 
> > Does this include the enhancements published a few weeks ago to
> > allow worktrees to be created directly from remote branches without
> > first checking out the branch locally? I'm really looking forward
> > to that change...
> 
> Yes, this release will include that.  It would be awesome if you
> could test the rc, now is the best time to scream if something about
> it is not as you'd expect :)

OK, I pulled and built this locally, and indeed the straightforward "git worktree add <path> <branch>" works just as I'd hoped! Nice!

I'll play with it more and let you know if I hit issues.