Which version is the new one? 1.6.2.x? Because I have a 1.6.0.x and it doesn't allow me to skip the -b and the local branch name.
Cheers, El ds 18 de 04 de 2009 a les 00:07 +0100, en/na Simos Xenitellis va escriure: > On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 10:41 PM, Jason D. Clinton <m...@jasonclinton.com> > wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 4:29 PM, Simos Xenitellis > > <simos.li...@googlemail.com> wrote: > >> Is the '--track' parameter required when using 'git checkout'? > > > > My git-config manpage says its on by default and it has been that way > > for as long as I've been using git. > > > > The issue about --track and -b _branchname_ is a bug in Git, > http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/git/2008/10/19/3723354 > > So, with old/all git versions, > > $ git checkout -b composer-dev origin/composer-dev > Branch composer-dev set up to track remote branch > refs/remotes/origin/composer-dev. > Switched to a new branch 'composer-dev' > $ _ > > With old git versions, if you try to omit -b <branch>, you get > $ git checkout --track origin/compose-dev > fatal: git checkout: --track and --no-track require -b > $ _ > > With newer git version, > > $ git checkout --track origin/composer-dev > Branch composer-dev set up to track remote branch > refs/remotes/origin/composer-dev. > Switched to a new branch 'composer-dev' > $ _ > > So, if you have the latest version of git, you do not need to specify > the local branch in the command line. > I think the new system looks cleaner and less error-prone. > For now, we keep the old syntax at live.gnome.org. > > Simos > _______________________________________________ > gnome-i18n mailing list > gnome-i18n@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-i18n -- gil forcada [ca] guifi.net - una xarxa lliure que no para de créixer [en] guifi.net - a non-stopping free network bloc: http://gil.badall.net _______________________________________________ gnome-i18n mailing list gnome-i18n@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-i18n
