From: Björn Steinbrink <b.steinbrink@gmx.de>
Date: Thu, 03 Dec 2009 05:31:46 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Add --track option to git clone
Message-ID: <20091203053146.GA23215@atjola.homenet>
In-Reply-To: <20091202190807.GB30778@coredump.intra.peff.net>

On 2009.12.02 14:08:07 -0500, Jeff King wrote:
> And for convenience of the user, you would want a way to avoid repeating
> the name of the "I want to check this out" branch. So either:
> 
>   1. Add "--track foo" as a convenience wrapper for "-f foo -b foo".

Hm, we already have --track for "remote add", and that supports being
supplied multiple times, so I guess for clone, that should work too. But
if track implies -b, having multiple --track seems rather weird. Which
branch head would be created? One for the first --track? Or the last
one? Or one for each? So I'd rather not make --track imply -b.

>   2. If no "-b" is given, the first "-f" is assumed as "-b". So "git
>      clone -f foo" becomes equivalent to David's --track.

Won't work if the first one is -f refs/heads/subst/*:refs/remotes/origin/*

> And of course the name "-f" (for --fetch, if you were wondering) is open
> to suggestion.
> 
> What do you think?

I'd prefer to see just --track for consistency with "remote add". That
could even learn to use globs, but allowing to specify the right side of
the refspec seems wrong given the option name, so it would be more
limited than your -f option.

Björn