Thomas Rast <trast@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Your idea is also a backwards incompatible change, so we can just as
> well implement the original suggestion and force scripts (or us) to
> use some other means when they want to detach. Say, why not just
> invent an option along the lines of
>
> git checkout {-d|--detach} $ref
>
> to make it explicit.
Or can't you go the other way, say
git checkout -t $remote_tracking
to create a local branch forking from the named remote tracking branch?
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