From: Clemens Buchacher <drizzd@aon.at>
To: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Peter Rabbitson <ribasushi@cpan.org>
Subject: Re: DWIM "git checkout frotz" to "git checkout -b frotz origin/frotz"
Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2010 18:46:42 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100606164642.GA10104@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <vpqljas5e33.fsf@bauges.imag.fr>
On Sun, Jun 06, 2010 at 06:18:56PM +0200, Matthieu Moy wrote:
> $ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git
> $ cd git
> $ git checkout next
> error: pathspec 'next' did not match any file(s) known to git.
> To create a local branch from the same named remote branch, use
> git checkout -b next origin/next
>
> The newbie does not immediately understand the difference between
> local and remote branches, he's been told about the branch "next", and
> wants to check it out.
That is exactly my point. Trying to read the user's mind is not a
solution to this problem. The user does not even know what they are
doing and will inevitably end up even more confused.
The suggestion above would be perfect. It is an easy and obvious
solution, and the user is even educated about their mistake.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-06-06 16:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-06-05 11:09 DWIM "git checkout frotz" to "git checkout -b frotz origin/frotz" Clemens Buchacher
2010-06-05 13:29 ` Sverre Rabbelier
2010-06-05 13:58 ` Clemens Buchacher
2010-06-05 14:03 ` Sverre Rabbelier
2010-06-05 15:02 ` Clemens Buchacher
2010-06-05 18:23 ` Nicolas Pitre
2010-06-06 16:18 ` Jeff King
2010-06-06 16:55 ` Clemens Buchacher
2010-06-06 16:59 ` Jacob Helwig
2010-06-06 17:32 ` Clemens Buchacher
2010-06-06 17:34 ` Sverre Rabbelier
2010-06-06 21:26 ` Jacob Helwig
2010-06-07 18:29 ` Clemens Buchacher
2010-06-07 20:11 ` Jan Krüger
2010-06-07 21:12 ` Clemens Buchacher
2010-06-06 18:34 ` Johan Herland
2010-06-06 16:18 ` Matthieu Moy
2010-06-06 16:46 ` Clemens Buchacher [this message]
2010-06-07 6:41 ` Miles Bader
2010-06-07 18:54 ` Clemens Buchacher
2010-06-07 19:17 ` Matthieu Moy
2010-06-07 19:32 ` Clemens Buchacher
2010-06-07 19:52 ` Bruce Stephens
2010-06-08 8:07 ` Michael J Gruber
2010-06-08 8:18 ` demerphq
2010-06-08 8:37 ` Michael J Gruber
2010-06-08 0:25 ` Miles Bader
2010-06-08 7:29 ` Clemens Buchacher
2010-06-08 7:47 ` demerphq
2010-06-08 13:04 ` Matthieu Moy
2010-06-08 7:52 ` Miles Bader
2010-06-08 7:52 ` Jeff King
2010-06-08 18:13 ` Clemens Buchacher
2010-06-07 7:53 ` Paolo Bonzini
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