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Re: [PATCH re-roll] Do not display 'Switched to a new branch' when the branch existed

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Aug 18, 2010, 23:38 UTC
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
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> Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> The functionality of your patch is obviously good.  Thanks.
>
> In what way is it good?  I am especially worried about the word "reset"
> being confusing.
>
> You are switching to a new context to work on something else, so I don't
> necessarily think it is confusing that the word "new branch" in this
> message does not mean "a branch that did not exist before this operation
> (i.e. a newly created branch)."

Ahh, please disregard the above; I somehow failed to see that this is only in the "-b/-B" codepath. Sorry for the noise.

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Message 9 of 10 in “Do not display 'Switched to a new branch' when the branch existed”
  1. Do not display 'Switched to a new branch' when the branch existedKnittl, Aug 18, 2010
  2. Do not display 'Switched to a new branch' when the branch existedKnittl, Aug 18, 2010
  3. Jonathan NiederAug 18, 2010
  4. Tay Ray ChuanAug 18, 2010
  5. KnittlAug 24, 2010
  6. Tay Ray ChuanAug 24, 2010
  7. KnittlAug 25, 2010
  8. Junio C HamanoAug 18, 2010
  9. Junio C HamanoAug 18, 2010
  10. Tay Ray ChuanAug 19, 2010

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