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From: Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: DWIM "git checkout frotz" to "git checkout -b frotz origin/frotz"
Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2010 16:03:30 +0200
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Heya,

On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 15:58, Clemens Buchacher <drizzd@aon.at> wrote:
> Well, I just noticed this by accident, it is not documented
> anywhere, and you cannot expected me to know everything that is
> going on on the list. Should I not offer my opinion because of
> that?

No, I just meant that because you are late to the party you should
first read the original thread, and then perhaps summarize it, like
you have done below.

> I could not make much sense of the thread that came with the patch.
> The discussion first seems to conclude that it is a bad idea, only
> to implement it anyway.

I think it would be useful here to have some links to relevant posts,
or at least to the relevant thread.

> Well, I also think it is a bad idea, and I am not surprised to find
> users confused by it.

I think it was an idea from the last mentor summit, Peff?

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Cheers,

Sverre Rabbelier