Re: [PATCH] git-checkout: disable guides how to switch branches with ui.guide

From: Matthias Lederhofer <matled@gmx.net>
Date: Feb 1, 2007, 21:23 UTC
Message-ID: <20070201212306.GA14152@moooo.ath.cx>
In-Reply-To: <7vabzxoaed.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>

Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> wrote:

> The error message you quoted [..]

Ok, I thought you were refering to the first one. Right, for the second one it is ok, one will get used to do -b or -f.

But I also quoted (and patched) the other one for switching to detached heads:

> Note: you are not on any branch and are at commit "v1.1.2"
> If you want to create a new branch from this checkout, you may do so
> (now or later) by using -b with the checkout command again. Example:
>   git checkout -b <new_branch_name>

This one is a bit shorter but the last three lines are still a guide what to do in case you don't know what's going an.