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=-3.0 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,T_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 6BB5B1F406 for ; Wed, 17 Jan 2018 13:42:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753228AbeAQNmU (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Jan 2018 08:42:20 -0500 Received: from cpanel2.indieserve.net ([199.212.143.6]:44040 "EHLO cpanel2.indieserve.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753200AbeAQNmS (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Jan 2018 08:42:18 -0500 Received: from [209.37.255.2] (port=18332 helo=localhost.localdomain) by cpanel2.indieserve.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ebnyq-00056R-VT; Wed, 17 Jan 2018 08:42:17 -0500 Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2018 05:42:14 -0800 (PST) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost.localdomain To: Duy Nguyen cc: Git Mailing list Subject: Re: misleading "man git-worktree", is last "add" argument necessarily a "branch"? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: 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 On Wed, 17 Jan 2018, Duy Nguyen wrote: > On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 7:58 PM, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > > perusing "git worktree", and man page reads: > > > > SYNOPSIS > > git worktree add [-f] [--detach] [--checkout] [--lock] \ > > [-b ] [] > > ^^^^^^^^^^ > > > > however, can't that last optional argument be any arbitrary commit, > > not just a "branch"? > > It's been changed to commit-ish about two months ago in c4738aedc0 > (worktree: add can be created from any commit-ish - 2017-11-26) guess i better update my repo, thanks. rday