From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2023 00:48:19 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkout: add config variable checkout.autoDetach
Message-ID: <xmqq7cml2m98.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <0e37ee23-922c-4bbf-82c3-8f44e9216ab0@gmail.com>

Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com> writes:

>> and good thing to help new users.  I do not know how others react to
>> this kind of proliferation of configuration variables, but I do not
>> mind this particular variable existing.
>
> I'm a bit wary of having a config variable that could break
> scripts relying on the current behavior of "git checkout".  As far
> as "git switch" goes I don't particularly mind this config
> variable though I'm not sure it is that hard to type "--detach"
> (especially with tab completion) and

I do not have much sympathy myself to scripts that are not being
defensive enough to write "--detach" explicitly, but I do understand
and share your concern as the project maintainer.

> ... I do worry that we're making the UI more complex each
> time we add something like this.

Thanks for saying this---this is exactly the kind of reaction I as
expecting to see.

>
> Best Wishes
>
> Phillip