Allow checkout -B <current-branch> to update the current branch
authorJonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Sat, 26 Nov 2011 08:54:55 +0000 (02:54 -0600)
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:40:46 +0000 (11:40 -0800)
commit39bd6f726109942c6f77f59638f6763c9f00706c
tree903f5b34643ab93fa0a164a3962c70461b20406b
parent3f59481e338c2d3167b9654a4289a9d1201f7944
Allow checkout -B <current-branch> to update the current branch

When on master, "git checkout -B master <commit>" is a more natural way to
say "git reset --keep <commit>", which was originally invented for the
exact purpose of moving to the named commit while keeping the local changes
around.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
branch.c
branch.h
builtin/branch.c
builtin/checkout.c
t/t2018-checkout-branch.sh