On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 1:19 AM, Tay Ray Chuan <rctay89@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Right now, the -f/--force in git-checkout doesn't carry over to -b > operations - ie. you can't do git checkout -b branch on an existing > branch. > > This patch allows you to do this with the -B option, so that one can do > > git checkout -B branch ref > > which is equivalent to > > git branch -f branch ref && git checkout branch oops - forgot to add this to the cover letter: Jeff, I've tried my best to check that the --track DWIM-ery still works; could you second this? Erick, does this series change how --orphan should be used? -- Cheers, Ray Chuan -- 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