Re: [PATCH 1/2] Allow users to require source branch on git-checkout -b.

["J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@fieldses.org>]

On Thu, Dec 07, 2006 at 04:59:14PM -0500, Shawn Pearce wrote:
> I'm seeing bad branches all to often with some of the folks I have
> to work with.  They apparently have been unable to learn the new
> trick of either remembering what branch they are currently on and
> what changes it has, or to always supply the branch they want to
> start from with their new branch.

Well, it's true that "git branch" is the first thing I type whenever I
sit down, just to remember where I am....

Would the trick of putting the branch name in the shell prompt work?

> Consequently they are cussing at Git rather often, as "this damn
> Git crap always does the wrong with my files".  Despite it being
> their own fault for not thinking before doing...
> 
> Of course many of these users also don't understand the value of a
> good short diff for a simple change.  *sigh*  But right now I just
> want to stop them from creating branches off the wrong branch point
> 95% of the time.

But my main complaint is just that I wouldn't want to see the behavior
of defaulting to HEAD--behavior which is simple, easy to explain, and
shared by most other git commands--by something significantly more
complicated.  That's more a complaint about Junio's suggestion than
yours, though.