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Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkout --track: make up a sensible branch name if '-b'
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Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

> What does the user most likely want with this command?
>
> 	$ git checkout --track origin/next
>
> Exactly.  A branch called 'next', that tracks origin's branch 'next'.

I like this.

An explicit --track request from the command line (as opposed to happening
to have "branch.autosetupmerge" configuration) is a very good cue that
what the user wants to do is not to take a peek on a detached HEAD but a
more permanent playpen created.