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Re: What's cooking in git.git (Aug 2008, #03; Thu, 14)

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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Aug 16, 2008, 15:33 UTC
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Hi,
On Thu, 14 Aug 2008, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> * js/checkout-dwim-local (Sat Aug 9 16:00:12 2008 +0200) 1 commit
>  + checkout --track: make up a sensible branch name if '-b' was
>    omitted
> 
> I like this low-impact usability enhancement; will most likely be in
> master soon after 1.6.0.
Pity.  I kinda hoped it would make it into 1.6.0.

The target audience of this flag are not naturally the people who update Git frequently, but instead only for major revisions.

Ciao, Dscho

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