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Re: can we allow -t abbreviation for --track in 'git branch'

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
May 9, 2009, 15:15 UTC
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Sitaram Chamarty <sitaramc@gmail.com> writes:
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> Would it make sense to teach "git branch" the short option
> "-t" the same way that "git checkout" knows it, (ie., as an
> abbreviation for "--track")?
>
> I use both frequently, and often forget that in "git branch"
> the short option does not work.
>
> If people think it's OK I'll submit a patch (code and doc).

I have <20090428152119.GA18935@atc.tcs.com> (aka $gmane/117790) in my inbox.

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