From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.2 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id E38DB201C8 for ; Tue, 14 Nov 2017 08:44:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752717AbdKNIoX (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Nov 2017 03:44:23 -0500 Received: from cpanel2.indieserve.net ([199.212.143.6]:46999 "EHLO cpanel2.indieserve.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751790AbdKNIoW (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Nov 2017 03:44:22 -0500 Received: from cpec03f0ed08c7f-cm68b6fcf980b0.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com ([174.118.92.171]:39876 helo=localhost.localdomain) by cpanel2.indieserve.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1eEWpR-0002n2-N4 for git@vger.kernel.org; Tue, 14 Nov 2017 03:44:21 -0500 Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2017 03:43:48 -0500 (EST) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost.localdomain To: Git Mailing list Subject: some apparent inaccuracies in "man git-worktree" Message-ID: User-Agent: Alpine 2.21 (LFD 202 2017-01-01) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - cpanel2.indieserve.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crashcourse.ca X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: cpanel2.indieserve.net: authenticated_id: rpjday+crashcourse.ca/only user confirmed/virtual account not confirmed X-Authenticated-Sender: cpanel2.indieserve.net: rpjday@crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org more annoying pedantry (but you're used to that by now, right?) ... from "man git-worktree", there seem to be some inaccuracies in the SYNOPSIS regarding the "add" subcommand: git worktree add \ [-f] [--detach] [--checkout] [--lock] [-b ] [] first, there's no mention of "-B" in that SYNOPSIS, even though it's explained further down the man page. next, the SYNOPSIS seems misleading as it doesn't make clear that the options -b, -B and --detach are mutually exclusive, which is made clear in the worktree.c source: if (!!opts.detach + !!opts.new_branch + !!new_branch_force > 1) die(_("-b, -B, and --detach are mutually exclusive")); and, to some extent, further down the man page: "If is omitted and neither -b nor -B nor --detach used, then, as a convenience, a new branch based at HEAD is created automatically, as if -b $(basename ) was specified." finally (and maybe i'm just not reading carefully enough), it's not clear what happens if you add a worktree at a given commit without specifying *any* of -b, -B or --detach. the obvious result should be a new worktree checked out at a detached HEAD and, interestingly, if i do that, then from the main tree, i see: $ git worktree list /home/rpjday/k/git 516fb7f2e73d [master] /home/rpjday/k/temp c470abd4fde4 (detached HEAD) $ but from within the worktree, if i ask for the status, i see only: $ git status Not currently on any branch. nothing to commit, working tree clean $ where i would normally have expected to see "detached HEAD", is there a reason that's not displayed? rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ========================================================================