[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 222847] git-webkit should have equivalent of svn up

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=222847

--- Comment #5 from Ryosuke Niwa <rniwa at webkit.org> ---
(In reply to Jonathan Bedard from comment #4)
> We already have `git-webkit checkout <arg>`, which supports identifiers,
> revisions (in SVN and git-svn) and hashes (in git), but there are some
> missing pieces to it, namely, how this works when there are local edits.

That is good to know but does it create a new branch or modify the existing branch? I really want to modify the existing / current branch.

> I think avoiding the detached HEAD state is not something we should strive
> for. `git-webkit checkout <arg>` and `git-webkit pull` should behave in the
> detached HEAD state (not hard when branches have a defined priority, and
> ours do).

I mean... as long as detached HEAD state doesn't cause any problems with all other tools I have no problem with it. We just need to make sure none of the tools we use result in some kind of obscure error message.

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