On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 12:56 AM, Eric Sunshine <sunsh...@sunshineco.com> wrote:
> The command "git checkout --to <path>" is something of an anachronism,
> encompassing functionality somewhere between "checkout" and "clone".
> The introduction of the git-worktree command, however, provides a proper
> and intuitive place to house such functionality. Consequently,
> re-implement "git checkout --to" as "git worktree new".
> [...]
> Signed-off-by: Eric Sunshine <sunsh...@sunshineco.com>
> ---
> This is primarily a code and documentation relocation patch, with minor
> new code added to builtin/worktree.c. Specifically:
>
> * builtin/worktree.c:new() is new. It recognizes a --force option ("git
> worktree new --force <path> <branch>") which allows a branch to be
> checked out in a new worktree even if already checked out in some
> other worktree (thus, mirroring the functionality of "git checkout
> --ignore-other-worktrees").
Speaking of "git worktree new --force", should we revisit "git
checkout --ignore-other-worktrees" before it gets set in stone? In
particular, I'm wondering if it makes sense to overload git-checkout's
existing --force option to encompass the functionality of
--ignore-other-worktrees as well. I don't think there would be any
semantic conflict by overloading --force, and I do think that --force
is more discoverable and more intuitive.
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