From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2026 02:18:16 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 1/2] checkout: improve message for ambiguous remote branch name
Message-ID: <xmqqjyplttzr.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <CALnO6CCQppTnw1Y-6ibmcko0dM3hy8riPanD9BNyb+MW8a5nAw@mail.gmail.com>

"D. Ben Knoble" <ben.knoble@gmail.com> writes:

>> +static void be_explicit(const char *branch,
>
> Be explicit about what? Reading below, a better name might be
> "advise_ambiguous_remote_branch_name" or something, idk.

It stands for "tell the user to be more explicit".  I agree with you
that the refactoring should be done as a separate step, on top of
which we should add the new feature, i.e., "give list of possible
candidates", as a separate step.