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Re: [PATCH] checkout --track: make up a sensible branch name if '-b' was omitted

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Aug 9, 2008, 18:44 UTC
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Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
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> What does the user most likely want with this command?
>
> 	$ git checkout --track origin/next
>
> Exactly.  A branch called 'next', that tracks origin's branch 'next'.
I like this.

An explicit --track request from the command line (as opposed to happening to have "branch.autosetupmerge" configuration) is a very good cue that what the user wants to do is not to take a peek on a detached HEAD but a more permanent playpen created.

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  1. checkout --track: make up a sensible branch name if '-b' was omittedJohannes Schindelin, Aug 9, 2008
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  4. Johannes SchindelinAug 9, 2008
  5. Junio C HamanoAug 9, 2008
  6. Pieter de BieAug 9, 2008
  7. Johannes SchindelinAug 10, 2008
  8. Johannes SchindelinAug 11, 2008
  9. Junio C HamanoAug 11, 2008
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