"Alex Riesen" <raa.lkml@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> If everyone hated the old behavior, old users should already be careful >> about not git-pull'ing (without options) from any branch but master. So >> they won't see any difference. > > except for .git/config growing uncontrollably I think this should be a new option, not the _modified default_. Otherwise it would be harder to sell to olde timers. $ git checkout -B <newbranch> remotes/<blah> $ git branch --track <newbranch> remotes/<blah> might be a good compromise. - 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