From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="nWIsWPFB" Received: from mail-wm1-x334.google.com (mail-wm1-x334.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::334]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DBA351B6 for ; Thu, 23 Nov 2023 14:03:45 -0800 (PST) Received: by mail-wm1-x334.google.com with SMTP id 5b1f17b1804b1-4083f613272so8996005e9.1 for ; Thu, 23 Nov 2023 14:03:45 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20230601; t=1700777024; x=1701381824; darn=vger.kernel.org; h=content-transfer-encoding:in-reply-to:from:content-language :references:cc:to:subject:user-agent:mime-version:date:message-id :from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=gnegWnfp4kNP1SrQjqa6VTkUCT/SIEdgWzbFjCbh6Sw=; b=nWIsWPFBgD18hJ1SJRvrIIcnSGmCVXbBMfC0SEHVBqCoPbktvdSXvj6ILnxZPOI9EF rdLpedLdLvoj5IEkQZSBNUf3x+3kDcy+whhx5Hzry9Whmx+byxHk7l6YC9PZYjoPBqAD LNBBKAxzlQsHeWHIdTJtDlyTWPe5iyJ+Ymkaa7HdXGMGGyz9BdYUkTU0t26qKs/rwaHw DNo8hhzMnXCgk01IGPCXkLvKZyWmJTkAOqF+BOn/TTgFXjWYDQrdpVWOdUZGFaNN0/9a k0VvibJ9Y8UooRRxqE1ZzIGNAqSblAtVgOiW1q/++5F3WqXwJw1SqOmMEzKTMFQ5rV0S +sfg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1700777024; x=1701381824; h=content-transfer-encoding:in-reply-to:from:content-language :references:cc:to:subject:user-agent:mime-version:date:message-id :x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=gnegWnfp4kNP1SrQjqa6VTkUCT/SIEdgWzbFjCbh6Sw=; b=C8kKdanvkeHGPVpt/60JAZktC0YIXJ/lZE6NqIcwIgR4kwKMCcFNhn3OiaShv7Fy5d tnFJDkH7EN22AVwMRaPtVdolR+hw+vyhl2HI0kG0+3lKHF8enJ8P/IEUDpHaXohVm8JN YgCj1BrSWKrlyByNVr89BhZ10uJgcP0yCQISyhP+xLRZNOH1ZcJX2ZgOAC8BZwiSDs/k ZNgFyv+p1oyTeFganL62zrsSBn9EfaLn5YmOUn17cgMYBUxdGONhTGRZMKfhagDHRc7A 9gIL1qn2YV2hsjdyo75DhVK9vmHHQn9F3BLege1QXXYvb9XUAb+EBrPaIAPiZULE889Q pbyQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0YwBal/zdzADGPFhhqCm2gK/AGZ29iRZ+tTDt+jc7CX2Ai+E7EM1 hzKTnc5i6bz11qBYoAlYgQk= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IFDWCE7cwFMb71rXQpklhvffg6P/5bjJ/3PrxITyGyrrMV9n895hp3v9j/1peLPnntQfvLR0w== X-Received: by 2002:a05:600c:1d02:b0:40b:29f3:af02 with SMTP id l2-20020a05600c1d0200b0040b29f3af02mr667059wms.27.1700777024031; Thu, 23 Nov 2023 14:03:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.0.17] (cpc105060-sgyl40-2-0-cust995.18-2.cable.virginm.net. [81.111.15.228]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id r7-20020a05600c35c700b0040b30be6244sm3215816wmq.24.2023.11.23.14.03.42 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 23 Nov 2023 14:03:43 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2023 22:03:42 +0000 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: git checkout -B lets you checkout a branch that is already checked out in another worktree Inbox To: Junio C Hamano , Willem Verstraeten Cc: git@vger.kernel.org References: Content-Language: en-GB From: Andy Koppe In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 23/11/2023 05:58, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Junio C Hamano writes: > >> I guess we could change the behaviour so that >> >> git checkout -B [] >> >> fails when is an existing branch that is in use in another >> worktree, and allow "-f" to be used to override the safety, i.e., >> >> git checkout -f -B [] >> >> would allow the to be repointed to (or HEAD) >> even when it is used elsewhere. > > It turns out that for some reason "-f" is not how we decided to > override this one---there is "--ignore-other-worktrees" option. Presumably that's because -f means throwing away any local changes that are in the way of checking out the new HEAD, which you wouldn't necessarily want when trying to replace an existing branch. Andy