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Carl Worth <cworth@cworth.org> writes:

> You've pointed out that branches are free in terms of what git has to
> do. I'm saying that they're not free for the user who bears the cost
> of inventing a name. And in the case of any commit-while-seeking, it's
> at the time of the commit itself that the user has enough information
> to invent a useful name, not prior to seeking, (when the user is still
> trying to figure things out).

I think this is a very valid point and I am happy to accept a
workable proposal (does not have to be a working patch, but a
general semantics that covers most of if not all the corner
cases).