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Re: [PATCH] gitk: disable checkout of remote branch

From
Sitaram Chamarty <sitaramc@gmail.com>
Date
Jun 22, 2009, 01:59 UTC
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On 2009-06-21 23:27:13, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> If we wanted users of gitk to use it to detach HEAD, the current UI is not
> a good way to do so anyway --- it only allows detaching the tip of remote
> tracking branches and not an arbitrary commit.
Aaah -- excellent; wish I'd thought of it :-)  Thanks
> So I retract my earlier objection entirely.  I do not think the feature
> Sitaram is disabling was meant to allow detaching HEAD at all and it can
> be safely disabled for remote tracking branches to make the GUI experience
> safer.

Thanks. I will resubmit to you and Paul again with the diff header changed to suit his tree.

Regards,
Sitaram
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Message 7 of 9 in “Please pull gitk master branch”
  1. Paul MackerrasJun 20, 2009
  2. gitk: disable checkout of remote branchSitaram Chamarty, Jun 21, 2009
  3. Junio C HamanoJun 21, 2009
  4. Sitaram ChamartyJun 21, 2009
  5. Nanako ShiraishiJun 21, 2009
  6. Junio C HamanoJun 21, 2009
  7. Sitaram ChamartyJun 22, 2009
  8. gitk: disable checkout of remote branchSitaram Chamarty, Jun 22, 2009
  9. Junio C HamanoJun 21, 2009

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