Re: [PATCH] checkout: add --fetch to fetch remote before resolving start-point

From: D. Ben Knoble <ben.knoble@gmail.com>
Date: Jun 18, 2026, 17:47 UTC
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Hi Harald,

On Thu, Jun 18, 2026 at 8:36 AM Harald Nordgren <haraldnordgren@gmail.com> wrote:

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> Hi Ben!
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> Trying to shore up some support for this topic. How do you feel about this now?
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> Harald

I haven't followed the series too closely; it sounds like the code is in decent shape.

I stand by my thought that this could be convenient, but that's not much one way or another in terms of how it fits in overall with Git's vision.

There are some conveniences I recommend universally. This one requires caveats, as pointed out by others, depending on the project, so… from that point of view I wonder if keeping "fetch + switch" as 2 distinct steps is better? I truly don't know.

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D. Ben Knoble