From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 12:21:09 GMT
Subject: Re: Minor annoyance with git push
Message-ID: <alpine.LSU.1.00.0802101220360.11591@racer.site>
In-Reply-To: <7vd4r55vcs.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>

Hi,

On Sat, 9 Feb 2008, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> Steffen Prohaska <prohaska@zib.de> writes:
> 
> > On Feb 8, 2008, at 8:48 AM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> >
> >> Perhaps it might make sense to have a checkout hook that notices
> >> the branch that is being checked out is meant to build on top of
> >> a corresponding remote tracking branch, and performs the
> >> necessary fast-forward when that is the case.
> >
> > Or just print a warning that there are new commits on the
> > tracked branch and leave the decision how to proceed to
> > the user?
> 
> Yeah, that would be even safer.  And I do not mind if the "git
> checkout" learned to do so natively without needing of such a
> hook.

Heh, should be easier when we have builtin git-checkout... which reminds 
me that I have a patch series to review.  ;-)

Ciao,
Dscho