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Re: How to specify a default <start-point> for git branch

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Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch>
Date
Sep 8, 2011, 10:11 UTC
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Lay, Stefan wrote:
> Is it possible in git to configure a default <start-point> for the git-branch command?

Literally as you propose it's probably not going to happen. It would break every script ever written that uses "git branch <foo>" to start a new branch at the current commit.

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Thomas Rast
trast@{inf,student}.ethz.ch
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  1. Lay, StefanSep 8, 2011
  2. Thomas RastSep 8, 2011

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