Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > These days, you can say "git checkout topic" to automagically create > a local "topic" branch that forks from "origin/topic" remote tracking > branch when you have one, thanks to Dscho's UI improvement ideas. As > such it is more appropriate to say that the user is checking out > something that is not a branch name, rather than saying it is not a > 'local branch'. > > Signed-off-by: Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > > Junio, I used part of your reply as the commit message, is that ok? > > Only change is s/local branch/branch name/. I explained why I think that is not solving the real problem. To a user faced with an unexpected detached HEAD situation, it is not very important to explain how we were forced to detach (i.e. because you didn't tell me to switch to a branch). -- 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