Subject: Re: Minor annoyance with git push

From: Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2008 19:44:03 -0800

Steffen Prohaska <[email-masked]> writes:

> On Feb 8, 2008, at 8:48 AM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
>> Perhaps it might make sense to have a checkout hook that notices
>> the branch that is being checked out is meant to build on top of
>> a corresponding remote tracking branch, and performs the
>> necessary fast-forward when that is the case.
>
> Or just print a warning that there are new commits on the
> tracked branch and leave the decision how to proceed to
> the user?

Yeah, that would be even safer.  And I do not mind if the "git
checkout" learned to do so natively without needing of such a
hook.