From: Harald Nordgren <haraldnordgren@gmail•com>
To: phillip.wood123@gmail•com
Cc: ben.knoble@gmail•com, git@vger•kernel.org,
gitgitgadget@gmail•com, haraldnordgren@gmail•com,
kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail•com, marcnarc@gmail•com,
ramsay@ramsayjones•plus.com
Subject: [PATCH] checkout: add --fetch to fetch remote before resolving start-point
Date: Sat, 9 May 2026 00:40:50 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260508224050.97883-1-haraldnordgren@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <f23eb128-958f-475f-911b-eac4f6daddff@gmail.com>
> * "--track=inherit,direct" is nonsense and should be rejected
>
> * currently "--track" has "last one wins" behavior so
> "--track=inherit --track=direct" behaves like "--track=direct". We
> should probably keep that so that "--track=fetch --track=direct"
> behaves like "--track=direct", not "--track=fetch,direct"
>
> * if "git fetch" fails and the remote tracking ref already exists then
> we should print a warning and carry on rather than dying which is more
> convenient if the user or remote server are offline.
>
> * "git checkout --track=fetch origin/branch" should respect
> remote.origin.fetch so that we fetch the ref that we're going to
> checkout. I wonder if we can share this logic with the code that
> sets the upstream branch.
>
> * "git checkout --track=fetch origin" should only fetch the remote
> ref that we're going to checkout, not all the refs from origin. i.e.
> it should read origin/HEAD to work out what to fetch.
Good points!
Harald
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-08 22:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 53+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-24 10:03 [PATCH] checkout: add --fetch to fetch remote before resolving start-point Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-04-24 13:48 ` Ramsay Jones
2026-04-24 17:12 ` D. Ben Knoble
2026-04-25 17:24 ` Comments on Phillip's review Harald Nordgren
2026-04-25 17:44 ` Wrong subject line Harald Nordgren
2026-04-24 17:38 ` [PATCH] checkout: add --fetch to fetch remote before resolving start-point Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-04-25 17:41 ` Comments on Phillip's review Harald Nordgren
2026-04-25 17:44 ` Wrong subject line Harald Nordgren
2026-04-26 7:07 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-04-26 15:15 ` [PATCH] remote: add --set-head option to 'git remote add' Harald Nordgren
2026-04-24 17:42 ` [PATCH] checkout: add --fetch to fetch remote before resolving start-point Marc Branchaud
2026-04-25 17:48 ` Wrong subject line Harald Nordgren
2026-04-24 22:21 ` [PATCH] checkout: add --fetch to fetch remote before resolving start-point Junio C Hamano
2026-04-25 2:54 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-25 17:58 ` Multiple remotes Harald Nordgren
2026-04-25 21:57 ` Ben Knoble
2026-04-25 22:54 ` gh Harald Nordgren
2026-04-25 18:12 ` [PATCH v2] checkout: add --fetch to fetch remote before resolving start-point Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-04-26 7:24 ` [PATCH v3] " Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-04-26 15:54 ` Ramsay Jones
2026-04-26 18:32 ` [PATCH v4] " Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-04-28 1:47 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-28 8:44 ` [PATCH] " Harald Nordgren
2026-04-28 9:03 ` [PATCH v5] checkout: extend --track with a "fetch" mode to refresh start-point Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-05-03 20:59 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-05-03 22:32 ` [PATCH] checkout: add --autostash option for branch switching Harald Nordgren
2026-05-03 22:31 ` [PATCH v6] checkout: extend --track with a "fetch" mode to refresh start-point Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-05-07 20:12 ` Harald Nordgren
2026-05-08 13:15 ` Phillip Wood
2026-05-08 22:40 ` Harald Nordgren [this message]
2026-05-08 22:52 ` [PATCH v7] " Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-05-11 13:16 ` Phillip Wood
2026-05-11 13:47 ` [PATCH v8] " Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-05-12 0:32 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-05-18 8:06 ` Harald Nordgren
2026-05-12 10:55 ` [PATCH v9] " Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-05-18 8:04 ` [PATCH v10] " Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-05-19 6:16 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-05-19 7:52 ` Harald Nordgren
2026-05-19 8:16 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-05-19 8:32 ` Harald Nordgren
2026-05-19 8:38 ` Harald Nordgren
2026-05-19 7:58 ` [PATCH v11] " Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-05-19 10:34 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-05-21 9:49 ` Phillip Wood
2026-05-21 10:24 ` Harald Nordgren
2026-05-21 12:58 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-05-21 14:06 ` Phillip Wood
2026-05-21 23:53 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-05-21 10:20 ` [PATCH v12] " Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-05-23 19:48 ` [PATCH v13 0/2] checkout: --track=fetch Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-05-23 19:48 ` [PATCH v13 1/2] branch: expose helpers for finding the remote owning a tracking ref Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-05-23 19:48 ` [PATCH v13 2/2] checkout: extend --track with a "fetch" mode to refresh start-point Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
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