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Re: [1.8.0] git checkout refs/heads/foo checks out branch foo

From
Martin von Zweigbergk <martin.von.zweigbergk@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 8, 2011, 00:31 UTC
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<alpine.DEB.1.10.1102071925440.3788@debian>
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<20110207234526.GA28336@sigill.intra.peff.net>
On Mon, 7 Feb 2011, Jeff King wrote:
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> On Mon, Feb 07, 2011 at 03:37:15PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> 
> > > Subject: commit: document --detach synonym for "git checkout foo^{commit}"
> > >
> > > For example, one might use this when making a temporary merge to test
> > > that two topics work well together.
> > >
> > > This patch just documents the option.  It is not meant for application
> > > without an implementation and tests for the option.
> > 
> > On top of v1.7.3.5-1-g0cb6ad3 (uk/checkout-ambiguous-ref)...
> 
> Well, I started on tests and your email came just as I was about to
> actually implement. So here are the tests. We didn't seem to have any
> explicit checkout-detached tests before, so I tried to cover existing
> methods in addition to the new option (which means Martin will need to
> tweak one of the tests below when implementing his proposal).

Oops, I didn't know writing a proposal meant signing up to do it as well ;-). But seriously, this seems like a relatively small change, so it will hopefully be a good reason for me to push myself to get started with the C code as well.

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Message 10 of 18 in “[1.8.0] git checkout refs/heads/foo checks out branch foo”
  1. Martin von ZweigbergkFeb 7, 2011
  2. Junio C HamanoFeb 7, 2011
  3. Jeff KingFeb 7, 2011
  4. Sverre RabbelierFeb 7, 2011
  5. Jonathan NiederFeb 7, 2011
  6. Junio C HamanoFeb 7, 2011
  7. Jeff KingFeb 7, 2011
  8. Jonathan NiederFeb 8, 2011
  9. Jeff KingFeb 8, 2011
  10. Martin von ZweigbergkFeb 8, 2011
  11. checkout: introduce --detach synonym for "git checkout foo^{commit}"Jonathan Nieder, Feb 8, 2011
  12. Jonathan NiederFeb 8, 2011
  13. 0/3 checkout: introduce --detach synonym for "git checkout foo^{commit}"Jonathan Nieder, Feb 8, 2011
  14. 1/3 checkout: split off a function to peel away branchname argJonathan Nieder, Feb 8, 2011
  15. 2/3 checkout: introduce --detach synonym for "git checkout foo^{commit}"Jonathan Nieder, Feb 8, 2011
  16. 3/3 checkout: rearrange update_refs_for_switch for clarityJonathan Nieder, Feb 8, 2011
  17. Heiko VoigtFeb 7, 2011
  18. Martin von ZweigbergkFeb 8, 2011

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