Re: git branch -M" regression in 1.7.7?

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Nov 26, 2011, 22:38 UTC
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In-Reply-To: <20111126085455.GB22656@elie.hsd1.il.comcast.net>

Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> writes:

> In other words, when on master, "git checkout -B master <commit>"
> would be another way to say "git reset --keep <commit>", except that
> it also sets up tracking.

I havn't look at the patch (not a regression between 1.7.7 and 1.7.8 so not a candidate for the remainder of this cycle), but I like the above description quite a lot. I think Linus's "git reset --sane" which was initially called "git reset --merge" but ended up as "git reset --keep" should have been spelled as "checkout -B <current-branch>" from the beginning.