Jay Soffian <jaysoffian@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 11:57 PM, Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> -u w/o --track/--no-track is a usage error. >> >> Then what is the point of "-u"? You said before that it was a new >> operation with room for future growth of additional options. Either it >> is _just_ for --track, in which case I think you are better to have a >> single option representing the notion of "update the tracking setup", or >> it isn't, in which case it needs to have room for future expansion. > > For *now*, it is just for --track/--no-track, since I can't think of > anything sensible that "-u" without --track nor --no-track would do. > > So it means, update the branch config, but you have to tell it what > aspect of the branch config to update. > > I agree that currently, a single option could do here, but I can't > think of a good one. --add-tracking and --delete-tracking? I was > trying to re-use the fact that we already have --track and --no-track, > but I needed some way to differentiate the mode from "create a new > branch". Hence -u. I would suggest '-n' here, as "git branch" doesn't do its main function (with a branch), namely create, delete or modify branch head. Your '-u' is all about _not_ updating branch head, but peripheral information. But I do wonder if it is really a good idea... -- Jakub Narebski Poland ShadeHawk on #git -- 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
