Subject: Re: 'git branch' when origin branch with same name exists

From: Ryan Lortie <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2012 17:50:24 -0400

hi,

On 12-06-19 05:32 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Won't happen.  "git branch new-branch-name" has always been the way
> to create from HEAD.  Suddenly requiring an extra argument is a
> grave usability regression.

Reminder: we're talking only about the case where an unrelated branch 
with the same name already exists upstream...

Cheers