Alan Chandler <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> And according to the man page git branch -r should print ONLY the remote
> branches
Heh, sounds like you spotted a bug -- patches welcome (or I'll
fix it myself if I get around to it before everybody else).
Thanks.
>> > $ git checkout origin/next
>> > git checkout: to checkout the requested commit you need to specify
>> > a name for a new branch which is created and switched
>
> What about the error message saying that origin/next is read only.
> Something like
>
> git-checkout: the requested commit is on a remote read only branch. You
> need to specify a new local branch with the -b option to proceed.
I agree that explicitly suggesting the use of -b is a good idea,
but your wording is a bit too specific; after all you might do
$ H=`git-rev-parse origin/next`
$ git checkout $H
and there is not enough information to say "is on a remote read
only branch". We could do that with more specific hacks in
git-checkout; patches welcome.
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