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[RFC] git clone --checkout <branch>

Subject: [RFC] git clone --checkout <branch>

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3 messages between Feb 16, 2010 and Feb 16, 2010.

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Tay Ray Chuan· Feb 16, 2010, 10:48 UTC · lore

Hi,

what do you guys think about allowing users to specify the branch to checkout when cloning, instead of the default HEAD of the to-be-cloned repository?

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Ray Chuan

Jeff King· Feb 16, 2010, 11:07 UTC · re: Tay Ray Chuan · lore

Re: [RFC] git clone --checkout <branch>

On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 06:48:42PM +0800, Tay Ray Chuan wrote:

> what do you guys think about allowing users to specify the branch to
> checkout when cloning, instead of the default HEAD of the to-be-cloned
> repository?

I think it's a great idea, but that we should call it "--branch" and that I should travel back in time to implement it last September as 7a4ee28.

-Peff

Tay Ray Chuan· Feb 16, 2010, 11:12 UTC · re: Jeff King · lore

Re: [RFC] git clone --checkout <branch>

Hi,

On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 7:07 PM, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:

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> On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 06:48:42PM +0800, Tay Ray Chuan wrote:
>
>> what do you guys think about allowing users to specify the branch to
>> checkout when cloning, instead of the default HEAD of the to-be-cloned
>> repository?
>
> I think it's a great idea, but that we should call it "--branch" and
> that I should travel back in time to implement it last September as
> 7a4ee28.

ah, yet another RTFM, my bad. :)

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Cheers,
Ray Chuan