From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 08:16:10 GMT
Subject: Re: git pull behavior changed?
Message-ID: <7vy6gf52d1.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <20100422081055.GG3563@machine.or.cz>

Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz> writes:

> On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 07:57:17PM -0400, Aghiles wrote:
>> On Wed, Apr 21, 2010, Randal L. Schwartz  wrote:
>> >    git checkout -b test origin/test
> ...
> So, do I understand it right that there is still no canonical syntax to
> check out local branch tracking a remote one of the same name, without
> spelling out the branch name twice?

Only if you don't count Dscho's DWIM.

    $ git checkout tr/word-diff
    Branch tr/word-diff set up to track remote branch tr/word-diff from origin.
    Switched to a new branch 'tr/word-diff'