Re: [RFC/PATCH] Add multiple workdir support to branch/checkout
On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 5:19 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
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> I do not necessarily think that it is a good approach to forbid the same
> branch to be checked out in two different places, by the way. One reason
> people would want to keep multiple workdirs is so that while they are
> still working on a branch and are not yet at a good "stop point" to even
> make a temporary commit to get interrupted, they find it sometimes
> necessary to be able to build the tip of that same branch and even make a
> small in-working-tree fixes (which later will be carried back to the
> primary branch). The problem arises only when one of the repositories try
> to update or delete the branch while it is checked out in another working
> tree.
I think of two options:
- detach from the already locked branch (pretty much like what we do
with tags now)
- refuse normally but let "checkout -f" do it anyway. However the
checkout lock will remain at the original worktree. If you want to
update branch from the second checkout, do "commit -f" and take
responsibility for your action.
--
Duy
Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>