Re: DWIM "git checkout frotz" to "git checkout -b frotz origin/frotz"

From: Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
Date: Jun 7, 2010, 19:17 UTC
Message-ID: <vpqzkz6fy9m.fsf@bauges.imag.fr>
In-Reply-To: <20100607185439.GB17343@localhost>

Clemens Buchacher <drizzd@aon.at> writes:

> But this is supposedly a feature which helps users who type "git
> checkout <branch>" by mistake, when they really wanted to do "git
> checkout -t <remote>/<branch>".

Not sure what's the argument here, but aren't the two commands equivalent? Do you prefer the second syntax "git checkout -t <remote>/<branch>"? It's already a DWIM for "git checkout -b <branch> -t <remote>/<branch>", and I find this one far more confusing:

git checkout <remote>/<branch> => detaches HEAD git checkout -t <remote>/<branch> => creates a local branch automatically

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Matthieu Moy
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