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Re: BUG 1.7.9: git branch fails to create new branch when --edit-description is used

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jan 29, 2012, 21:49 UTC
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Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> writes:
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> On 01/28/2012 08:27 AM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> writes:
>> 
> I vote for an error.  Otherwise a typo in the branch name would lead to
> the description's apparent disappearance into Nirvana.  An error would,
> for example, have made it clear to the OP what was happening.
I agree with this statement.

Unless or until we update --edit-description to create a new branch when given a name of a branch that does not exist, the existing behaviour is simply an accident waiting to happen.

Previous: Michael Haggerty
Message 9 of 9 in “BUG 1.7.9: git branch fails to create new branch when --edit-description is used”
  1. Mark Jason DominusJan 27, 2012
  2. Junio C HamanoJan 27, 2012
  3. Michael HaggertyJan 28, 2012
  4. Junio C HamanoJan 28, 2012
  5. Jeff KingJan 29, 2012
  6. Michael HaggertyJan 29, 2012
  7. Junio C HamanoJan 29, 2012
  8. Michael HaggertyJan 29, 2012
  9. Junio C HamanoJan 29, 2012

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