Re: [PATCH] Add option -b/--branch to clone for select a new HEAD

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Aug 25, 2009, 02:13 UTC
Message-ID: <7vfxbgvdx8.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <20090825015726.GB7655@coredump.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

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> On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 12:42:48AM +0400, Kirill A. Korinskiy wrote:
>
>> Sometimes (especially on production systems) we need to use only one
>> remote branch for building software. It really annoying to clone
>> origin and then swith branch by hand everytime. So this patch provide
>> functionality to clone remote branch with one command without using
>> checkout after clone.
>
> If you are doing this a lot, it is probably a sign that you should
> repoint the "HEAD" of the parent repository.
>
> That being said, you may want one branch half the time, and another
> branch the other half. So I think this is a good feature.
>
> A few comments:

Very good review snipped, as I agree with everything you said (except that you did not point out the lack of sign-off).