Quoting Björn Steinbrink <B.Steinbrink@xxxxxx> writes: > On 2009.10.18 19:34:48 +0900, Nanako Shiraishi wrote: >> Quoting Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> >> >> > When 'frotz' is not a valid object name nor a tracked filename, >> > we used to complain and failed this command. When there is only >> > one remote that has 'frotz' as one of its tracking branches, we can >> > DWIM it as a request to create a local branch 'frotz' forking from >> > the matching remote tracking branch. >> >> In the subject you used 'git checkout -b frotz origin/frotz'. Did you >> forget to say '-t'? > > Hm, the DWIMmery only triggers when opts.track is > BRANCH_TRACK_UNSPECIFIED, i.e. -t was not used. And it doesn't change > opts.track when it DWIMs, so it respects branch.autosetupmerge, which > would be overriden by -t. So it seems correct that -t is not in there. I see. A user who always wants tracking can set the config option and use the new "git checkout frotz" shortcut, but a user who usually doesn't want tracking doesn't have the config option and when he wants tracking only for this new branch he can explicitly say "git checkout -t origin/frotz", right? -- Nanako Shiraishi http://ivory.ap.teacup.com/nanako3/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html