From: demerphq <demerphq@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2010 08:18:59 GMT
Subject: Re: DWIM "git checkout frotz" to "git checkout -b frotz origin/frotz"
Message-ID: <AANLkTinCq1lzD8_RTQVKOcEkDh_Yw41WXpYQsJVgkJRn@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <4C0DFA55.8070800@drmicha.warpmail.net>

On 8 June 2010 10:07, Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> wrote:
> Clemens Buchacher venit, vidit, dixit 07.06.2010 21:32:
>> On Mon, Jun 07, 2010 at 09:17:25PM +0200, Matthieu Moy wrote:
>>> Clemens Buchacher <drizzd@aon.at> writes:
>>>
>>>> But this is supposedly a feature which helps users who type "git
>>>> checkout <branch>" by mistake, when they really wanted to do "git
>>>> checkout -t <remote>/<branch>".
>>>
>>> Not sure what's the argument here, but aren't the two commands
>>> equivalent? Do you prefer the second syntax "git checkout -t
>>> <remote>/<branch>"? It's already a DWIM for "git checkout -b <branch>
>>> -t <remote>/<branch>", and I find this one far more confusing:
>>>
>>> git checkout    <remote>/<branch> => detaches HEAD
>>> git checkout -t <remote>/<branch> => creates a local branch automatically
>>
>> The intent with -t is clear. It is used only when you create a new
>> branch. Also, you specify the remote branch you're going to create
>> a new branch from.
>>
>> "git checkout <branch>", on the other hand, will create a branch
>> based on a remote branch, even though you neither asked for a new
>> branch, nor did you specify any remote at all.
>
> You're making a very important point here:
>
> The existing DWIMery executes *different commands* depending on the
> circumstances (<branch> existing or not). "checkout" and "checkout
> -t/-b" really are different commands.

"checkout a branch" is the command. The rest is just bookkeeping.

Yves



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