On 11/14, Eric Sunshine wrote: > On Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 3:14 PM, Eric Sunshine <sunshine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > For my own edification... > > [...] > > git worktree add ../topic > > > > * Correctly errors out, refusing to create a new branch named "topic", > > if "topic" is already a branch. > > By the way, there's an additional DWIM that could be done here instead > of erroring out. Specifically, for "git worktree add ../topic": > > * If branch "topic" exists, check it out (rather than refusing to > create a new branch named "topic"). I think this would be a good improvement either way as I suspect this is what users would hope for, and as it currently just dies there are less backwards compatibility worries. > * If origin/topic exists, DWIM local "topic" branch into existence. > > * Otherwise, create new local branch "topic". > > > * Creates a new branch named "topic" if no such local branch exists. > > > > The desired new DWIMing would change the second bullet point to: > > > > * If no local branch named "topic" exists, DWIM it from "origin/topic" > > if possible, else create a new local branch named "topic".
