Re: git: using branches

[Gil Forcada <gforcada gnome org>]

Which version is the new one? 1.6.2.x? Because I have a 1.6.0.x and it
doesn't allow me to skip the -b and the local branch name.

Cheers,

El ds 18 de 04 de 2009 a les 00:07 +0100, en/na Simos Xenitellis va
escriure:
> On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 10:41 PM, Jason D. Clinton <me jasonclinton com> wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 4:29 PM, Simos Xenitellis
> > <simos lists googlemail com> wrote:
> >> Is the '--track' parameter required when using 'git checkout'?
> >
> > My git-config manpage says its on by default and it has been that way
> > for as long as I've been using git.
> >
> 
> The issue about --track and -b _branchname_ is a bug in Git,
> http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/git/2008/10/19/3723354
> 
> So, with old/all git versions,
> 
> $ git checkout -b composer-dev origin/composer-dev
> Branch composer-dev set up to track remote branch
> refs/remotes/origin/composer-dev.
> Switched to a new branch 'composer-dev'
> $ _
> 
> With old git versions, if you try to omit -b <branch>, you get
> $ git checkout --track origin/compose-dev
> fatal: git checkout: --track and --no-track require -b
> $ _
> 
> With newer git version,
> 
> $ git checkout --track origin/composer-dev
> Branch composer-dev set up to track remote branch
> refs/remotes/origin/composer-dev.
> Switched to a new branch 'composer-dev'
> $ _
> 
> So, if you have the latest version of git, you do not need to specify
> the local branch in the command line.
> I think the new system looks cleaner and less error-prone.
> For now, we keep the old syntax at live.gnome.org.
> 
> Simos
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