From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.2 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8803C202F2 for ; Wed, 22 Nov 2017 11:20:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752045AbdKVLUt (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Nov 2017 06:20:49 -0500 Received: from cpanel2.indieserve.net ([199.212.143.6]:32967 "EHLO cpanel2.indieserve.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751556AbdKVLUs (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Nov 2017 06:20:48 -0500 Received: from 69-196-158-250.dsl.teksavvy.com ([69.196.158.250]:35476 helo=DESKTOP-1GPMCEJ) by cpanel2.indieserve.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1eHT5D-0006Sx-OX; Wed, 22 Nov 2017 06:20:47 -0500 Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2017 06:19:23 -0500 (EST) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@DESKTOP-1GPMCEJ To: Junio C Hamano cc: Kevin Daudt , Git Mailing list Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] gitcli: tweak "man gitcli" for clarity In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <20171121214552.GB16418@alpha.vpn.ikke.info> User-Agent: Alpine 2.21 (LFD 202 2017-01-01) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - cpanel2.indieserve.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crashcourse.ca X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: cpanel2.indieserve.net: authenticated_id: rpjday+crashcourse.ca/only user confirmed/virtual account not confirmed X-Authenticated-Sender: cpanel2.indieserve.net: rpjday@crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 22 Nov 2017, Junio C Hamano wrote: > "Robert P. J. Day" writes: > > > git repo with a file called "Gemfile", so i created a branch called > > "Gemfile", and when i ran: > > > > $ git checkout Gemfile > > > > git switched to the branch. so even with the ambiguity, git > > obviously has some sort of precedence order it checks. so what are > > the rules here? > > 31b83f36 ("Merge branch 'nd/checkout-disambiguation'", 2016-09-26) > should have made it clear that the "checkout" command has a > convenience special case. ok, then i'm still curious about git examples that actually fail due to an inability to disambiguate. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ========================================================================