Junio C Hamano wrote:
> 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?
Sure, but we already have that and we still failed to fix the users,
so FWIW, I think Dscho's right and we should try fixing the UI next.
[I've also seen several users shoot themselves with detached HEADs to
the point where I explain the concept before even mentioning
checkout.]
--
Thomas Rast
trast@{inf,student}.ethz.ch
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