Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> and good thing to help new users. I do not know how others react to >> this kind of proliferation of configuration variables, but I do not >> mind this particular variable existing. > > I'm a bit wary of having a config variable that could break > scripts relying on the current behavior of "git checkout". As far > as "git switch" goes I don't particularly mind this config > variable though I'm not sure it is that hard to type "--detach" > (especially with tab completion) and I do not have much sympathy myself to scripts that are not being defensive enough to write "--detach" explicitly, but I do understand and share your concern as the project maintainer. > ... I do worry that we're making the UI more complex each > time we add something like this. Thanks for saying this---this is exactly the kind of reaction I as expecting to see. > > Best Wishes > > Phillip
