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From: Jay Soffian <jaysoffian@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC] builtin-checkout: suggest creating local branch when 
	appropriate to do so
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:05:54 -0400
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On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 7:22 PM, Johannes Schindelin
<Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
> At some point, trying to educate the user is not helpful but annoying=
=2E =C2=A0If
> Git already knows what I want, why does it not do it already? =C2=A0_=
That_ is
> the question I already hear in my ears.

Modify checkout so that the first commit while detached automatically
creates a branch. Perhaps the name is derived from the branch point,
or the user is prompted for a name.

This doesn't help with the original problem, which was that a user
attempted to checkout refs/remotes/origin/<name> by just saying 'git
checkout <name>' which I happen to think should work. A lot of what I
keep hearing in this thread seems to be in the vein of the perfect
being the enemy of the good.

That rambled a bit. Sorry.

j.