From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2012 21:32:33 GMT
Subject: Re: 'git branch' when origin branch with same name exists
Message-ID: <7v8vfjyolq.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <4FE0E493.1010308@desrt.ca>

Ryan Lortie <desrt@desrt.ca> writes:

> So to restate the feature request more clearly: "git branch X" with no
> explicitly specified start-point should prevent the branch "X" from
> being created when a branch with the same name already exists on a
> remote (perhaps only considering 'origin').
>
> When stated in this more explicit way, it becomes clear that a --force
> option would not even be required; you could just say:
>
>   git branch gtk-3-4 HEAD
>
> to make it clear that this was your intention.

Won't happen.  "git branch new-branch-name" has always been the way
to create from HEAD.  Suddenly requiring an extra argument is a
grave usability regression.