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Re: [PATCH v2] git-clone: Add option --branch to override initial branch

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Mar 3, 2009, 16:51 UTC
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Tor Arne Vestbø <torarnv@gmail.com> writes:
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> If you would like to contribute to the stable 1.6 branch, do:
>   $ git clone -n git://git.foo.com/project.git
>   $ cd project
>   $ git checkout -t origin/1.6
>   $ git branch -D master
> Which is not so nice and inviting.

If you are working on 1.6 maintenance track, why discard 'master'? If the upstream project calls it 1.6, you can call your fork 1.6 and keep that checked out.

IOW, _you_ are make it not nice.
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Message 8 of 19 in “git-clone: Add option --branch to override initial branch”
  1. git-clone: Add option --branch to override initial branchTor Arne Vestbø, Mar 2, 2009
  2. Johannes SchindelinMar 2, 2009
  3. Junio C HamanoMar 3, 2009
  4. Tor Arne VestbøMar 3, 2009
  5. git-clone: Add option --branch to override initial branchTor Arne Vestbø, Mar 3, 2009
  6. Johannes SchindelinMar 3, 2009
  7. Tor Arne VestbøMar 3, 2009
  8. Junio C HamanoMar 3, 2009
  9. Tor Arne VestbøMar 3, 2009
  10. Junio C HamanoMar 3, 2009
  11. Junio C HamanoMar 4, 2009
  12. Johannes SchindelinMar 4, 2009
  13. Tor Arne VestbøMar 4, 2009
  14. Paolo CiarrocchiMar 9, 2009
  15. Felipe ContrerasMar 9, 2009
  16. Paolo CiarrocchiMar 11, 2009
  17. Miles BaderMar 12, 2009
  18. Paolo CiarrocchiMar 12, 2009
  19. Felipe ContrerasMar 12, 2009

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