On Mon, Jun 07, 2010 at 09:17:25PM +0200, Matthieu Moy wrote: > Clemens Buchacher <drizzd@xxxxxx> writes: > > > But this is supposedly a feature which helps users who type "git > > checkout <branch>" by mistake, when they really wanted to do "git > > checkout -t <remote>/<branch>". > > Not sure what's the argument here, but aren't the two commands > equivalent? Do you prefer the second syntax "git checkout -t > <remote>/<branch>"? It's already a DWIM for "git checkout -b <branch> > -t <remote>/<branch>", and I find this one far more confusing: > > git checkout <remote>/<branch> => detaches HEAD > git checkout -t <remote>/<branch> => creates a local branch automatically The intent with -t is clear. It is used only when you create a new branch. Also, you specify the remote branch you're going to create a new branch from. "git checkout <branch>", on the other hand, will create a branch based on a remote branch, even though you neither asked for a new branch, nor did you specify any remote at all. -- 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