From: Martin <git@mfriebe.de>
To: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>,
Sergey Organov <sorganov@gmail.com>
Cc: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: What actually is a branch?
Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2021 15:24:23 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <084a355e-95cd-5c84-2fa5-a901da3e0e49@mfriebe.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <60e79c31aaa72_30b8a4208c1@natae.notmuch>
On 09/07/2021 02:45, Felipe Contreras wrote:
> I believe we have all the semantic tools needed to write something that
> is understandable by most people regardless of their conception of what a
> branch is.
While writing a mail on the origin topic (improve docs), I noticed that
the word "branch-ish" is still free.
Which would be anything that resolves to a "branch reference".
Currently this only is
- branch name.
- branchname@{upstream}
Btw, if branch-foo is tracking a local branch then
git checkout branch-foo@{upstream}
will switch the the tracked local branch.
* "branch-ish" could be defined as:
Anything that can be resolved to a branch-name.
A branch-name is a reference to the boundary that marks the end of a
branch.
A branch-ish can be given where a commit-ish is expected. In that case
it can be resolved to the last commit in the branch.
There may be further need to distinguish between local and remote.
For example
git checkout [<branch>]
> When the <commit> argument is a branch name, the --detach option can be used to detach HEAD at the tip of the branch (git checkout <branch> would check out that branch without detaching HEAD).
Does not mention that it will also detach, if <branch> is the a remote
branch name
git checkout origin/master
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-07-09 13:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 103+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-06-29 15:28 PATCH: improve git switch documentation Martin
2021-06-29 16:35 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-06-29 19:04 ` Martin
2021-06-29 22:39 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-06-30 8:50 ` Martin
2021-06-30 22:59 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-07-01 10:06 ` Martin
2021-07-01 11:27 ` Sergey Organov
2021-07-07 18:34 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-07 20:46 ` Sergey Organov
2021-07-07 21:25 ` What actually is a branch? Felipe Contreras
2021-07-07 22:07 ` Sergey Organov
2021-07-07 22:35 ` Martin
2021-07-08 3:39 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-08 10:15 ` Martin
2021-07-08 17:33 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-08 19:21 ` Martin
2021-07-08 20:37 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-08 23:11 ` Martin
2021-07-09 0:45 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-09 13:24 ` Martin [this message]
2021-07-09 15:08 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-09 15:23 ` switch requires --detach [[Re: What actually is a branch]] Martin
2021-07-09 16:21 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-09 16:38 ` Randall S. Becker
2021-07-09 17:10 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-09 16:54 ` Martin
2021-07-10 10:08 ` Sergey Organov
2021-07-10 19:18 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-09 14:29 ` PATCH: improve git switch documentation Martin
2021-07-09 16:10 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-09 16:51 ` Martin
2021-07-09 17:41 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-09 18:23 ` Martin
2021-07-10 19:45 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-10 20:07 ` Martin
2021-07-10 20:49 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-10 22:13 ` Martin
2021-07-10 23:35 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-11 9:10 ` Martin
2021-07-11 9:30 ` Sergey Organov
2021-07-12 16:28 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-12 16:33 ` Martin
2021-07-12 16:58 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-12 17:52 ` Martin
2021-07-12 19:08 ` Felipe Contreras
[not found] ` <3a84e4c9-4e48-1cbe-4fe6-150ff56c8508@mfriebe.de>
[not found] ` <60ecbe577a086_a6b702082@natae.notmuch>
2021-07-13 10:42 ` Martin
2021-07-13 16:02 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-16 18:12 ` Martin
2021-07-16 18:31 ` Martin
2021-07-16 18:56 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-17 7:02 ` Martin
[not found] ` <1997ca3b-117a-e19a-0dee-7342a2f1a0e7@mfriebe.de>
[not found] ` <60f1f4c3dd8b1_14cb208c1@natae.notmuch>
[not found] ` <fedbfe1f-9e6d-f46f-ca41-e176a30e938c@mfriebe.de>
[not found] ` <60f22aaa6a4f1_1f602081b@natae.notmuch>
2021-07-17 10:07 ` Martin
[not found] ` <60f33f8a7c39b_507220823@natae.notmuch>
2021-07-17 21:23 ` Martin
2021-07-19 17:51 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-11 7:57 ` Sergey Organov
2021-07-11 9:27 ` Martin
2021-07-11 9:37 ` Sergey Organov
2021-07-11 10:24 ` Martin
2021-07-12 16:34 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-10 22:13 ` Naming the --forec option [[Re: PATCH: improve git switch documentation]] Martin
2021-07-10 23:18 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-11 0:39 ` Martin
2021-07-12 16:15 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-10 10:24 ` PATCH: improve git switch documentation Sergey Organov
2021-07-10 10:37 ` Bagas Sanjaya
2021-07-10 11:05 ` Martin
2021-07-10 16:32 ` Sergey Organov
2021-07-10 20:12 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-11 9:04 ` Sergey Organov
2021-07-11 10:05 ` Martin
2021-07-11 12:23 ` Sergey Organov
2021-07-11 13:39 ` Martin
2021-07-11 14:49 ` Sergey Organov
2021-07-11 16:51 ` Sergey Organov
2021-07-12 10:31 ` Kerry, Richard
2021-07-12 11:11 ` Sergey Organov
2021-07-12 16:55 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-12 16:24 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-12 16:39 ` Martin
2021-07-12 17:09 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-12 22:58 ` Sergey Organov
2021-07-12 23:36 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-13 11:20 ` Martin
2021-07-10 20:00 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-10 19:51 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-11 9:52 ` Sergey Organov
2021-07-12 16:44 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-13 10:57 ` Sergey Organov
2021-07-13 16:10 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-14 19:14 ` Sergey Organov
2021-07-14 19:51 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-14 20:42 ` Sergey Organov
2021-07-08 3:12 ` What actually is a branch? Felipe Contreras
2021-07-08 11:16 ` Sergey Organov
2021-07-08 18:05 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-01 14:58 ` PATCH: improve git switch documentation Junio C Hamano
2021-07-01 17:29 ` Martin
2021-07-01 17:46 ` Sergey Organov
2021-07-07 18:54 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-07 18:47 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-07 18:14 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-01 0:06 ` Matt Rogers
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