Stefan Beller <sbeller@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I dislike the checkout-* names, as we already have checkout-index > as plumbing, so it would be confusing as to which checkout-* command > should be used when and why as it seems the co-index moves > content *from index* to the working tree, but the co-files moves content > *to files*, whereas checkout-branch is neither 'moving' to or from a branch > but rather 'switching' to that branch. To me, "switching to work on the branch", is like "checking the book out from the library to read". IOW, "check the branch out to work on" does not have to involve *any* moving of contents.
