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Re: [PATCH v2] git checkout -b: unparent the new branch with -o

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Erick Mattos <erick.mattos@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 16, 2010, 18:17 UTC
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2010/3/14 Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>:
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> Erick Mattos <erick.mattos@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> You got it right.  HTML and man branches are really very good examples.
>
> Not at all.  You fundamentally do not want to have checkout of these
> branches in the same place as you checkout and work in the main branches.
It is unimportant the folder you will have them within.

It is a good example because they could be started or even kept (merged only when needed) as an unrelated branch.

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  1. git checkout -b: unparent the new branch with -oErick Mattos, Mar 9, 2010
  2. Junio C HamanoMar 12, 2010
  3. Bert WesargMar 12, 2010
  4. David KågedalApr 27, 2010
  5. Erick MattosMar 12, 2010
  6. Junio C HamanoMar 13, 2010
  7. Junio C HamanoMar 13, 2010
  8. Erick MattosMar 14, 2010
  9. Junio C HamanoMar 15, 2010
  10. Erick MattosMar 16, 2010
  11. Jakub NarebskiMar 13, 2010
  12. Junio C HamanoMar 13, 2010
  13. Erick MattosMar 14, 2010
  14. Junio C HamanoMar 15, 2010
  15. Erick MattosMar 16, 2010
  16. Erick MattosMar 14, 2010
  17. Erick MattosMar 14, 2010

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