GNU bug report logs - #50643
28.0.50; [feature request] vc command for branch creation, with customization by prefix arg

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Reported by: Filipp Gunbin <fgunbin <at> fastmail.fm>

Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2021 15:13:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 28.0.50

Fixed in version 29.0.50

Done: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #37 received at control <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: Filipp Gunbin <fgunbin <at> fastmail.fm>
Cc: 50643 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#50643: 28.0.50; [feature request] vc command for branch
 creation, with customization by prefix arg
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2022 21:09:09 +0300

close 50643 29.0.50
thanks

> Currently, vc-create-tag creates a branch when given C-u.  With
> distributed VCSes like Git, branch creation is a very frequent operation
> to be worth a separate command.
>
> The command could have a mode for specifying START-POINT, so for Git the
> command becomes "git checkout -b new-branch-name START-POINT".  This
> could be on C-u (unless there're other frequent "customization" cases).

This is implemented now in bug#50344.
This bug report was last modified 2 years and 334 days ago.

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