Re: [PATCH 0/3] teach git-checkout -B WAS builtin/checkout: DWIM with -f -b

From: Tay Ray Chuan <rctay89@gmail.com>
Date: Jun 21, 2010, 17:24 UTC
Message-ID: <AANLkTikBFKdeuqQZOTRzxKE_6nR3bNDDsEtGIJVT0nhz@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <1277140782-4064-1-git-send-email-rctay89@gmail.com>

On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 1:19 AM, Tay Ray Chuan <rctay89@gmail.com> wrote:

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> Right now, the -f/--force in git-checkout doesn't carry over to -b
> operations - ie. you can't do git checkout -b branch on an existing
> branch.
>
> This patch allows you to do this with the -B option, so that one can do
>
>  git checkout -B branch ref
>
> which is equivalent to
>
>  git branch -f branch ref && git checkout branch

oops - forgot to add this to the cover letter:

Jeff, I've tried my best to check that the --track DWIM-ery still works; could you second this?

Erick, does this series change how --orphan should be used?

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Cheers,
Ray Chuan