From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.176.0/21 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.5 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MSGID_FROM_MTA_HEADER,RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 From: "J. Bruce Fields" Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Allow users to require source branch on git-checkout -b. Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2006 23:45:16 -0500 Message-ID: <20061208044516.GC5939@fieldses.org> References: <20061207100152.GA12966@spearce.org> <7vlkljsd1k.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <20061207195715.GG12143@spearce.org> <7v64cns8nf.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <20061207214053.GC31035@fieldses.org> <20061207215914.GC12502@spearce.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2006 04:45:26 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Junio C Hamano , git@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20061207215914.GC12502@spearce.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by dough.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1GsXbv-0003EF-2k for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Fri, 08 Dec 2006 05:45:23 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1424375AbWLHEpT (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Dec 2006 23:45:19 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1424387AbWLHEpT (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Dec 2006 23:45:19 -0500 Received: from mail.fieldses.org ([66.93.2.214]:34815 "EHLO pickle.fieldses.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1424375AbWLHEpS (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Dec 2006 23:45:18 -0500 Received: from bfields by pickle.fieldses.org with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1GsXbo-00029S-8U; Thu, 07 Dec 2006 23:45:16 -0500 To: Shawn Pearce Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.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.