Hi, 2010/6/21 Tay Ray Chuan <rctay89@xxxxxxxxx>: > 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 If I need to do that, I would do: git checkout branch && git reset --hard ref. Another way to do it is: git branch -D branch && git checkout -b branch ref. So, we have enough porcelain commands to do it. I would recommend a second thought to see if your refinement is really necessary. I would agree so if those procedures are needed very often. > Erick, does this series change how --orphan should be used? If you be careful It won't make any change. I will comment that on the series if needed. Thanks very much for asking. Kind regards -- 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