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Re: Change in "git checkout" behaviour between 1.6.0.2 and 1.6.0.3

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BSBruce Stephens <bruce.stephens@isode.com>
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Nov 12, 2008, 17:44 UTC
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Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> writes:
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> Bisecting gives:
>
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> 5521883490e85f4d973141972cf16f89a79f1979 is first bad commit
> commit 5521883490e85f4d973141972cf16f89a79f1979
> Author: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
> Date:   Sun Sep 7 19:49:25 2008 -0700
>
>     checkout: do not lose staged removal
I got the same, which is reassuring.

Looks like a deliberate change with (what seems to me to be) an unfortunate interaction with "git clone -n"

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  1. Bruce StephensNov 12, 2008
  2. Michael J GruberNov 12, 2008
  3. Bruce StephensNov 12, 2008
  4. Junio C HamanoNov 12, 2008
  5. Bruce StephensNov 12, 2008
  6. Re* Change in "git checkout" behaviour between 1.6.0.2 and 1.6.0.3Junio C Hamano, Nov 12, 2008
  7. Bruce StephensNov 12, 2008

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