On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 10:21 PM, Jason D. Clinton <m...@jasonclinton.com> wrote: > On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 3:09 PM, Simos Xenitellis > <simos.li...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> I suppose there must be some story behind the question 'Why do we specify >> the branch name instead of reusing the remote branch name by default? >> It feels somewhat weird.'. >> With a big more experience we should be able to figure it out. > > For ease of use, DO NOT use a different local branch name. It will > cause 'git push origin local-branch-name' (without other args) to > create a new branch on the remote side named after your local branch. > This is not what you want (and then you have to find someone to delete > your mistake). If you name the local branch exactly the same as the > remote tracking branch, 'git push' will just magically work correctly. > So ALWAYS do: > > $ git checkout -b remotename origin/remotename
Is the '--track' parameter required when using 'git checkout'? Simos _______________________________________________ gnome-i18n mailing list gnome-i18n@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-i18n
