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Re: [PATCH v2] git-clone: Add option --branch to override initial branch

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PCPaolo Ciarrocchi <paolo.ciarrocchi@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 9, 2009, 14:39 UTC
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Junio C Hamano <gitster <at> pobox.com> writes:
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> 
> Tor Arne Vestbø <torarnv <at> gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > 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).
> >
> > If the selected branch is not found the operation aborts.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Tor Arne Vestbø <torarnv <at> gmail.com>
> 
> The semantics and desirability of the new feature have been already
> discussed, and I am not convinced that it is necessary, in the sense that
> I do not think I likely ever use this myself, but I am just one of git
> users so that is not a strong basis for rejection.

I wrote a comment about the --branch approach a couple of days ago, dunno why but this thread never reached my inbox (replying via gmame web interface).

http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/112527

As I wrote in my post a friend of mine, new to git, was looking for the possibility of cloning a repo and automatically checkout a specific branch.

Regards,
           Paolo
Previous: Tor Arne VestbøNext: Felipe Contreras
Message 14 of 19 in “git-clone: Add option --branch to override initial branch”
  1. git-clone: Add option --branch to override initial branchTor Arne Vestbø, Mar 2, 2009
  2. Johannes SchindelinMar 2, 2009
  3. Junio C HamanoMar 3, 2009
  4. Tor Arne VestbøMar 3, 2009
  5. git-clone: Add option --branch to override initial branchTor Arne Vestbø, Mar 3, 2009
  6. Johannes SchindelinMar 3, 2009
  7. Tor Arne VestbøMar 3, 2009
  8. Junio C HamanoMar 3, 2009
  9. Tor Arne VestbøMar 3, 2009
  10. Junio C HamanoMar 3, 2009
  11. Junio C HamanoMar 4, 2009
  12. Johannes SchindelinMar 4, 2009
  13. Tor Arne VestbøMar 4, 2009
  14. Paolo CiarrocchiMar 9, 2009
  15. Felipe ContrerasMar 9, 2009
  16. Paolo CiarrocchiMar 11, 2009
  17. Miles BaderMar 12, 2009
  18. Paolo CiarrocchiMar 12, 2009
  19. Felipe ContrerasMar 12, 2009

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