Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add function to checkout a branch in git.el

From: Sergei Organov <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:29:21 +0300

<[email-masked]> writes:
> One can now:
> - checkout an existing branch with M-x git-change-branch
> - create and checkout a new branch with C-u M-x git-change-branch

s/git-change-branch/git-checkout/? I mean is there any reason it is
called differently from GIT's "git checkout"?

Besides, I also think that prefix is not a good idea for this kind of
stuff (see my other reply in this thread).

> - do all this from the Git menu
> ---
> It could also be interesting to add some  key biding for those
>
> Also one might want to update the *git-status* buffer after checkout,
> but this is not done by this patch

Why? Isn't it as simple as calling (git-refresh-status) at the end of
git-change-branch?

>  contrib/emacs/git.el |   45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/contrib/emacs/git.el b/contrib/emacs/git.el
> index a8bf0ef..404c8e6 100644
> --- a/contrib/emacs/git.el
> +++ b/contrib/emacs/git.el
> @@ -1138,6 +1138,50 @@ Return the list of files that haven't been handled."
>    (when (eq (window-buffer) (current-buffer))
>      (shrink-window-if-larger-than-buffer)))
>  
> +(defun git-list-branch ()
> +  "Return a list of available branch"

s/branch/branches/

> +  ;; should I check if I'm in a git repository ?
> +  (let ((branchs ()))

s/branchs/branches/

-- Sergei.