Re: [PATCH v2] git-clone: Add option --branch to override initial branch

[Paolo Ciarrocchi <paolo.ciarrocchi@gmail.com>]

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On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 5:01 PM, Felipe Contreras
<felipe.contreras@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 4:39 PM, Paolo Ciarrocchi
> <paolo.ciarrocchi@gmail.com> wrote:
[...]
>> I wrote a comment about the --branch approach a couple of days ago, dunno why
>> but this thread never reached my inbox (replying via gmame web interface).
>>
>> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/112527
>>
>> As I wrote in my post a friend of mine, new to git, was looking for the
>> possibility of cloning a repo and automatically checkout a specific branch.
>
> Yeah, I also would like this option... one-liner for people that don't
> know git at all.
>
> me: you want my code? just run this command.

Yes, that is what my friend was lookin for.

I told him to use the following procedure:
$ git clone -n URL
$ git checkout -b foo origin/bar

He is now an almost happy git user :-).

That being said, I see the following command as an improvement over
the actual GIT UI:

 $ git clone git://URI -b bar


Ciao,
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Paolo
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