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Re: [PATCH] tone down the detached head warning

From
Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 1, 2007, 00:14 UTC
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<eprbaa$o0m$1@sea.gmane.org>
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<87wt32ah2e.wl%cworth@cworth.org>
Carl Worth wrote:
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> So it does come around to the fact that I'd like it to be easier for a
> user to get all the configuration setup for a local branch that knows
> which remote-tracking branch its associated with, (and this whether or
> not the remote-tracking branch was configured as part of the original
> clone or not).
 
There is new (untested and not complete) command git-remote for that.

Although the fact that clone copies all branches and tags (I don't think there is a way to clone only subset of branches), and that fetch is multi branch might be deterrent enough (unless one use one branch per repo).

-- 
Jakub Narebski
Warsaw, Poland
ShadeHawk on #git
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Message 7 of 35 in “tone down the detached head warning”
  1. tone down the detached head warningNicolas Pitre, Jan 31, 2007
  2. Jeff KingJan 31, 2007
  3. Jakub NarebskiJan 31, 2007
  4. Jeff KingJan 31, 2007
  5. Jakub NarebskiJan 31, 2007
  6. Carl WorthJan 31, 2007
  7. Jakub NarebskiFeb 1, 2007
  8. Andy ParkinsFeb 1, 2007
  9. Matthias LederhoferFeb 1, 2007
  10. Nicolas PitreFeb 1, 2007
  11. Jeff KingFeb 1, 2007
  12. Junio C HamanoFeb 1, 2007
  13. Jeff KingFeb 1, 2007
  14. Nicolas PitreFeb 1, 2007
  15. Jeff KingFeb 1, 2007
  16. detached HEAD -- finishing touchesJunio C Hamano, Feb 1, 2007
  17. Raimund BauerFeb 1, 2007
  18. Alex RiesenFeb 1, 2007
  19. Alex RiesenFeb 1, 2007
  20. git-checkout: disable guides how to switch branches with ui.guideMatthias Lederhofer, Feb 1, 2007
  21. Junio C HamanoFeb 1, 2007
  22. Matthias LederhoferFeb 1, 2007
  23. Junio C HamanoFeb 1, 2007
  24. Matthias LederhoferFeb 1, 2007
  25. Carl WorthFeb 1, 2007
  26. Nicolas PitreFeb 1, 2007
  27. Carl WorthFeb 1, 2007
  28. Jakub NarebskiFeb 1, 2007
  29. Theodore TsoFeb 1, 2007
  30. Junio C HamanoFeb 2, 2007
  31. Theodore TsoFeb 2, 2007
  32. Carl WorthFeb 2, 2007
  33. Junio C HamanoFeb 2, 2007
  34. Carl WorthFeb 2, 2007
  35. Junio C HamanoFeb 2, 2007

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