Re: [PATCH] checkout without arguments does not make sense

From: Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org>
Date: Jul 21, 2008, 20:49 UTC
Message-ID: <20080721204955.GI32057@genesis.frugalware.org>
In-Reply-To: <200807212206.32818.johannes.sixt@telecom.at>

On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 10:06:32PM +0200, Johannes Sixt <johannes.sixt@telecom.at> wrote:

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> @@ -487,7 +487,8 @@ int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
>  		}
>  
>  		return checkout_paths(source_tree, pathspec);
> -	}
> +	} else if (!new.name && !opts.new_branch)
> +		usage_with_options(checkout_usage, options);
>  
>  	if (new.name && !new.commit) {
>  		die("Cannot switch branch to a non-commit.");

Actually I think it _is_ useful, like this:

$ git checkout Your branch is ahead of the tracked remote branch 'junio/next' by 1 commit.

How will it be possible to get that info easily after your patch?

Thanks.