Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> writes: > Hi, > > On Mon, 2 Mar 2009, Tor Arne Vestbø wrote: > >> The options --branch and -b allow the user to override the initial >> branch created and checked out by git-clone. Normally this is the active >> branch of the remote repository, which is also the fallback if the >> selected branch is not found. > > I do not think that falling back if the selected branch is not found is a > wise choice. > > Besides, the common way to check out something different than the remote's > HEAD is like this: > > $ git clone -n $URL > $ cd $DIR > $ git checkout -t origin/$BRANCH > > I am undecided if that is good enough, or your patch is needed. I am fairly negative on this one, if it matters. -- 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
