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Subject: Re: DWIM "git checkout frotz" to
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Clemens Buchacher <drizzd@aon.at> writes:

[...]

> "git checkout <branch>", on the other hand, will create a branch
> based on a remote branch, even though you neither asked for a new
> branch, nor did you specify any remote at all.

Provided such a branch doesn't already exist and that only one remote
matches.  I agree it's magic (and understand why people might not like
it) but personally I find it convenient.

Possibly (because it hides the distinction between local and remote
branches a little) it would be better opt-in than the default, but I
think a reasonable case could be made in both directions.

[...]