Re: [PATCH/RFC] builtin-checkout: suggest creating local branch when appropriate to do so

> Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch> writes:
> 
> > Your idea is also a backwards incompatible change, so we can just as
> > well implement the original suggestion and force scripts (or us) to
> > use some other means when they want to detach.  Say, why not just
> > invent an option along the lines of
> >
> >   git checkout {-d|--detach} $ref
> >
> > to make it explicit.
> 
> Or can't you go the other way, say
> 
> 	git checkout -t $remote_tracking
> 
> to create a local branch forking from the named remote tracking branch?