Re: git branch -M" regression in 1.7.7?

From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Date: Nov 26, 2011, 23:09 UTC
Message-ID: <m2bory5vmm.fsf@igel.home>
In-Reply-To: <7v39day0fb.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>

Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:

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> I havn't look at the patch (not a regression between 1.7.7 and 1.7.8 so
> not a candidate for the remainder of this cycle), but I like the above
> description quite a lot. I think Linus's "git reset --sane" which was
> initially called "git reset --merge" but ended up as "git reset --keep"
> should have been spelled as "checkout -B <current-branch>" from the
> beginning.

It is more convenient if you don't have to spell out the name of the current branch (which fails if you aren't on a branch).

Andreas.

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