Re: git-pull-script on my linus tree fails..

Jeff Garzik
2005-06-21T17:53:56Z

Linus Torvalds wrote:
> Actually, I'd suggest doing the git-checkout-script _first_. That way you
> _can_ use the careful version, which refuses to switch if it would cause
> information to be lost. Ie something like
>
> git-checkout-script $1 && switch HEAD to refs/heads/$1
>
> should do it.

If I want my working dir updated to reflect the desired branch -- the
whole purpose of git-switch-tree -- I would have to do

git-checkout-script && switch HEAD && git-checkout-script

which is a bit silly.

Jeff