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Re: [PATCH] checkout: add config variable checkout.autoDetach

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Nov 12, 2023, 06:04 UTC
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Andy Koppe <andy.koppe@gmail.com> writes:
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> The git-checkout command without pathspecs automatically detaches HEAD
> when switching to something other than a branch, whereas git-switch
> requires the --detach option to do so.
>
> Add configuration variable checkout.autoDetach to choose the behavior
> for both: true for automatic detaching, false for requiring --detach.
>
> Amend their documentation and tests accordingly.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andy Koppe <andy.koppe@gmail.com>
> ---

"switch" was meant to be an experimental command to sort out this kind of UI ideas, and I think the fact that it requires a more explicit "--detach", where experienced users might just say "git checkout that-branch^0", has established itself as a more friendly 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.

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  1. checkout: add config variable checkout.autoDetachAndy Koppe, Nov 11, 2023
  2. Junio C HamanoNov 12, 2023
  3. Andy KoppeNov 12, 2023
  4. Phillip WoodNov 13, 2023
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