Under the hoodTier: how much it should matter to you
1Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
1Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
GitArea: what it touches
Bug FixesKind: in v2.1.274,
Bug FixesSection of the release
What
Git checkout commands run internally, including plain checkout, checkout with a new branch tracking a remote, and checkout tracking a remote branch, now append a trailing -- argument.
Why
The -- tells git that everything after it is a file or branch name, not an option flag. This prevents a branch name that happens to look like a flag (for example, one starting with a dash) from being misinterpreted as a git option.
