Re: [PATCH] git-clone: Add option --branch to override initial branch

From

Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>

Date

Mar 2, 2009, 23:48 UTC

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<alpine.DEB.1.00.0903030047130.10279@pacific.mpi-cbg.de>

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<1236031882-2052-1-git-send-email-torarnv@gmail.com>

Hi,

On Mon, 2 Mar 2009, Tor Arne Vestbø wrote:

> The options --branch and -b allow the user to override the initial 
> branch created and checked out by git-clone. Normally this is the active 
> branch of the remote repository, which is also the fallback if the 
> selected branch is not found.

	$ git clone -n $URL
	$ cd $DIR
	$ git checkout -t origin/$BRANCH

I am undecided if that is good enough, or your patch is needed.