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From: Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC] builtin-checkout: suggest creating local branch when 
	appropriate to do so
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 23:26:39 +0200
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Heya,

On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 23:17, Johannes Schindelin
<Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
> Actually, we should really think long and hard why we should not
> automatically check out the local branch "next" in that case. =A0I me=
an,
> really long and hard, and making sure to take user-friendliness into
> account at least as much as simplicity of implementation.

If git was a little more interactive I'd say prompt the user, problem s=
olved?

$ git checkout next
No such branch 'next', do you want to check out a local branch for
'origin/next' instead? [Y/n]

@jay: you assume that if there is more than one matching remote the
user is experienced (as they have multiple remotes) enough to know
what to do?

--=20
Cheers,

Sverre Rabbelier