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Re: git branch --switch?

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RHRene Herman <rene.herman@gmail.com>
Date
Apr 17, 2007, 16:24 UTC
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On 04/17/2007 05:41 PM, Rene Herman wrote:
> You'd be quite right in saying that there isn't much point; if I want to 
> now start populating branch a, I have to "git checkout a" anyway, and 
> that action _will_ now be instantaneous.

Actually, I take that back, it's not instantaneous at all. 1995 systems are much better at showing long delays than those fancy modern computers are!

Rene.
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