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Re: [PATCH] Extend "checkout --track" DWIM to support more cases

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Jay Soffian <jaysoffian@gmail.com>
Date
Aug 22, 2008, 23:33 UTC
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On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 1:23 PM, Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com> wrote:
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> +If no '-b' option was given, the name of the new branch will be
> +derived from the remote branch, by attempting to guess the name of the
> +branch on remote system and use it. The algorithm will remove a
> +prefixed refs/ and the part after refs/ up to a slash (that part
> +usually being a branch namespace, which makes it confusing to use for
> +branch names). If the part after refs/ was remotes/, than a part past
s/than/then/
j.
Previous: Junio C Hamano
Message 11 of 11 in “Extend "checkout --track" DWIM to support more cases”
  1. Extend "checkout --track" DWIM to support more casesAlex Riesen, Aug 20, 2008
  2. Johannes SchindelinAug 20, 2008
  3. Alex RiesenAug 20, 2008
  4. Johannes SchindelinAug 20, 2008
  5. Alex RiesenAug 20, 2008
  6. Junio C HamanoAug 20, 2008
  7. Extend "checkout --track" DWIM to support more casesAlex Riesen, Aug 21, 2008
  8. Junio C HamanoAug 22, 2008
  9. Alex RiesenAug 22, 2008
  10. Junio C HamanoAug 22, 2008
  11. Jay SoffianAug 22, 2008

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