From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch>,
Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>,
<Euguess@gmail.com>, Mikael Magnusson <mikachu@gmail.com>,
Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp.fr>,
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>, Jay Soffian <jaysoffian@gmail.com>,
<git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC] builtin-checkout: suggest creating local branch when appropriate to do so
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:44:53 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7v7huzznqy.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7vljjf226t.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> (Junio C. Hamano's message of "Tue\, 13 Oct 2009 00\:16\:58 -0700")
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
> So we need the set of new rules, say, for 1.7.0 release. A strawman?
>
> Assume that these are the only refs that exist:
>
> refs/remotes/origin/{master,next,nitfol}
> refs/remotes/xyzzy/{frotz,nitfol}
> refs/heads/master
Sorry, I had this as refs/heads/{master,mine} in my initial draft but
removed the 'mine' branch by mistake; the first item in #0 does not make
sense without it.
> refs/tags/v1.0.0
>
> #0. These will stay as is:
>
> $ git checkout mine ;# switches to the branch
> $ git checkout $any_committish^0 ;# detaches
>
> #1. These used to detach, but will create a local branch
>
> $ git checkout origin/next ;# as if with -t
> $ git checkout xyzzy/frotz ;# as if with -t (origin is not special)
>
> #2. These are allowed only when unambiguous and there is no local branch yet.
>
> $ git checkout next ;# ok
> $ git checkout frotz ;# ok (origin is not special)
> $ git checkout nitfol ;# not ok (ambiguous and origin is not special)
>
> #3. These used to detach, but what should we do?
>
> $ git checkout v1.0.0 ;# detach, or refuse???
> $ git checkout origin/master ;# detach, or refuse???
>
> I can buy 0, 1, and 2, and I think it is a minor inconvenience if we
> started refusing to detach in case #3, as people who want to detach can
> always suffix ^0 or ~0 to make it a general committish.
>
> Did I cover all cases?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-10-13 8:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 91+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-10-05 20:46 [PATCH/RFC] builtin-checkout: suggest creating local branch when appropriate to do so Jay Soffian
2009-10-05 21:03 ` Sverre Rabbelier
2009-10-05 21:17 ` Johannes Schindelin
2009-10-05 21:26 ` Sverre Rabbelier
2009-10-05 21:57 ` Jay Soffian
2009-10-05 22:00 ` Jay Soffian
2009-10-05 22:45 ` Johannes Schindelin
2009-10-05 22:56 ` Jeff King
2009-10-06 7:32 ` Thomas Rast
2009-10-06 9:16 ` Johannes Schindelin
2009-10-06 11:36 ` Junio C Hamano
2009-10-06 12:02 ` Johannes Schindelin
2009-10-06 20:09 ` Junio C Hamano
2009-10-06 9:12 ` Johannes Schindelin
2009-10-06 9:28 ` Matthieu Moy
2009-10-06 9:41 ` Mikael Magnusson
2009-10-06 10:04 ` Johannes Schindelin
[not found] ` <0016e68fd0123a175304754694b4@google.com>
2009-10-06 16:43 ` Eugene Sajine
2009-10-06 20:33 ` Junio C Hamano
2009-10-12 7:49 ` Johannes Schindelin
2009-10-12 18:36 ` Björn Steinbrink
2009-10-12 21:40 ` Thomas Rast
2009-10-12 22:49 ` Junio C Hamano
2009-10-13 6:36 ` Thomas Rast
2009-10-13 7:16 ` Junio C Hamano
2009-10-13 8:44 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2009-10-13 8:51 ` Thomas Rast
2009-10-13 9:24 ` Junio C Hamano
2009-10-13 21:20 ` Johannes Schindelin
2009-10-13 21:59 ` Junio C Hamano
2009-10-13 22:06 ` Jeff King
2009-10-13 23:22 ` Johannes Schindelin
2009-10-14 1:05 ` Jay Soffian
2009-10-14 3:28 ` Junio C Hamano
2009-10-14 12:49 ` Jay Soffian
2009-10-14 19:31 ` Junio C Hamano
2009-10-25 17:44 ` Uri Okrent
2009-10-14 4:31 ` Jeff King
2009-10-14 9:56 ` Thomas Rast
2009-10-14 10:46 ` Jakub Narebski
2009-10-13 9:32 ` Johannes Sixt
2009-10-13 18:39 ` Daniel Barkalow
2009-10-13 20:53 ` Junio C Hamano
2009-10-13 21:31 ` Daniel Barkalow
2009-10-13 21:57 ` Jeff King
2009-10-13 22:46 ` Junio C Hamano
2009-10-13 23:16 ` Johannes Schindelin
2009-10-14 9:33 ` Thomas Rast
2009-10-16 11:48 ` Johannes Schindelin
2009-10-16 12:07 ` Thomas Rast
2009-10-25 17:48 ` Uri Okrent
2009-10-26 7:14 ` Junio C Hamano
2009-10-13 22:38 ` Björn Steinbrink
2009-10-18 7:58 ` Junio C Hamano
2009-10-18 8:00 ` [PATCH 1/3] check_filename(): make verify_filename() callable without dying Junio C Hamano
2009-10-18 8:01 ` [PATCH 2/3] DWIM "git checkout frotz" to "git checkout -b frotz origin/frotz" Junio C Hamano
2009-10-18 10:34 ` Nanako Shiraishi
2009-10-18 12:00 ` Björn Steinbrink
2009-10-18 20:20 ` Nanako Shiraishi
2009-10-18 22:50 ` Junio C Hamano
2009-10-19 5:58 ` Björn Steinbrink
2009-10-18 8:01 ` [PATCH 3/3] git checkout --nodwim Junio C Hamano
2009-10-18 12:40 ` Alex Riesen
2009-10-18 19:53 ` Junio C Hamano
2009-10-18 21:02 ` [PATCH] Use "--no-" prefix to switch off some of checkout dwimmery Alex Riesen
2009-10-18 22:49 ` Junio C Hamano
2009-10-19 6:07 ` Alex Riesen
2009-10-19 6:12 ` Alex Riesen
2009-10-19 6:16 ` Junio C Hamano
2009-10-19 7:17 ` Alex Riesen
2009-10-19 7:25 ` Junio C Hamano
2009-10-21 17:29 ` [PATCH 3/3] git checkout --nodwim Avery Pennarun
2009-10-21 21:21 ` Nanako Shiraishi
2009-10-21 22:14 ` Junio C Hamano
2009-10-21 22:35 ` [PATCH] git checkout --no-guess Junio C Hamano
2009-10-21 22:51 ` Avery Pennarun
2009-10-26 18:17 ` Jay Soffian
2009-10-26 18:25 ` Avery Pennarun
2009-10-22 0:27 ` [PATCH 3/3] git checkout --nodwim Johannes Schindelin
2009-10-22 7:09 ` Erik Faye-Lund
2009-10-23 8:57 ` Michael J Gruber
2009-10-24 6:35 ` Junio C Hamano
2009-10-24 14:59 ` David Roundy
2009-10-24 19:25 ` Junio C Hamano
2009-10-26 20:12 ` Johannes Schindelin
2009-10-26 20:40 ` Avery Pennarun
2009-10-26 21:26 ` Jeff King
2009-10-26 22:01 ` Avery Pennarun
2009-10-26 22:14 ` Jeff King
2009-10-26 22:28 ` Avery Pennarun
2009-10-05 22:52 ` [PATCH/RFC] builtin-checkout: suggest creating local branch when appropriate to do so Jeff King
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