On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 5:18 AM, Miles Bader <miles@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Paolo Ciarrocchi <paolo.ciarrocchi@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> $ git clone -n URL >> $ git checkout -b foo origin/bar >> >> That being said, I see the following command as an improvement over >> the actual GIT UI: >> >> $ git clone git://URI -b bar > > Note that in your original advice, foo and bar can be different, and > it's not clear to me what "-b bar" should do... > > Personally I frequently use foo == bar (no local master branch), but I > think another common pattern is foo != bar, but foo or bar == "master". > > Maybe a syntax similar to push, like "-b LOCAL_BR:REMOTE_BR", > with "-b BR" being shorthand for "-b BR:BR"? Yes, makes sense. Ciao, -- Paolo http://paolo.ciarrocchi.googlepages.com/ http://mypage.vodafone.it/ -- 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
