Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] git-clone: Add option --branch to override initial branch

From: Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2009 08:51:25 -0800

Tor Arne Vestbø <[email-masked]> writes:

> If you would like to contribute to the stable 1.6 branch, do:
>   $ git clone -n git://git.foo.com/project.git
>   $ cd project
>   $ git checkout -t origin/1.6
>   $ git branch -D master
> Which is not so nice and inviting.

If you are working on 1.6 maintenance track, why discard 'master'?  If the
upstream project calls it 1.6, you can call your fork 1.6 and keep that
checked out.

IOW, _you_ are make it not nice.