Re: checkout/branch needs some extra safety around the --track option
Johan Herland <johan@herland.net> writes:
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> 1. When given "--track", branch/checkout should verify that the tracked
> branch is indeed a branch (preferably a remote branch, although I guess
> tracking a local branch can make sense in some situations). At least,
> it should deny tracking a _tag_. Tracking a tag simply does not make
> sense at all (unless you expect the tag to move, in which case it
> should be a branch and not a tag).
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>