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Re: [PATCH] gitk: disable checkout of remote branch

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Nov 6, 2009, 00:45 UTC
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Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
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>> Isn't it quite different?  What's in 'next' for 1.7.0 is to guess the
>> user's intention when:
>
> Sorry, yes, I just saw Sverre's comment and misread the original
> proposal.  Checking out "$remote/$branch" will still detach the HEAD,
> and I don't think anybody has a previous proposal to change that.

Heh, I think both of us forgot that we decided it is safe enough not to wait for 1.7.0 already, because the situation this kicks in has always resulted in an error. We have it in master since e3de372 (Merge branch 'jc/checkout-auto-track', 2009-10-30).

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Message 12 of 14 in “gitk: disable checkout of remote branch”
  1. gitk: disable checkout of remote branchSitaram Chamarty, Nov 3, 2009
  2. Sverre RabbelierNov 3, 2009
  3. Tim MazidNov 4, 2009
  4. Sitaram ChamartyNov 4, 2009
  5. Tim MazidNov 4, 2009
  6. Sverre RabbelierNov 4, 2009
  7. Jeff KingNov 4, 2009
  8. Tim MazidNov 4, 2009
  9. Sitaram ChamartyNov 4, 2009
  10. Junio C HamanoNov 4, 2009
  11. Jeff KingNov 5, 2009
  12. Junio C HamanoNov 6, 2009
  13. Sverre RabbelierNov 6, 2009
  14. Paul MackerrasNov 14, 2009

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