Re: [PATCH/RFC] builtin-checkout: suggest creating local branch when appropriate to do so

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Oct 16, 2009, 11:48 UTC
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0910161346560.4985@pacific.mpi-cbg.de>
In-Reply-To: <200910141133.11386.trast@student.ethz.ch>

Hi,

On Wed, 14 Oct 2009, Thomas Rast wrote:

> [On the other hand, some users appear unwilling to learn something new 
> because they "just want to version control this" or "just need to make a 
> commit to this project".]

Frankly, if the choice is between "I just want to make a commit to this project" and "Then I'll not use version control at all", I'd rather choose the former.

Which is exactly what I did the other day, having to write a non-trivial script to allow the user to do what he wants to do.

Ciao, Dscho

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