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Bug 348196 - Dialogs for switching to new branch are confusing
Summary: Dialogs for switching to new branch are confusing
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: EGit
Classification: Technology
Component: UI (show other bugs)
Version: 0.12   Edit
Hardware: PC Windows Vista
: P3 minor (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
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Reported: 2011-06-03 08:02 EDT by Tobias Oberlies CLA
Modified: 2011-06-29 05:17 EDT (History)
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Description Tobias Oberlies CLA 2011-06-03 08:02:30 EDT 
When I choose "Switch to..." > "New Branch..." I would expect a similar functionality as "git checkout -b" in native git, i.e.
1) to be asked for the name of the new branch
2) optionally be able to specify the start-point of the new branch

However the "Create a local branch" dialog that is triggered by "New Branch..." puzzeled me. It requires me to specify point 2, when I was expecting to be able to type the name of the new branch somewhere. I found the filter field, but this only made things worse.

Knowing that writing an intuitive IU doesn't come for free, I am still wondering why you show the "Create a local branch" dialog at all. IMHO the the "Switch to"/"New Branch" action should directly jump to the "Create a new branch" dialog, with current HEAD pre-selected as source branch.
Comment 1 Matthias Sohn CLA 2011-06-29 05:17:55 EDT 
Fixed by b9c5c1358047ee1e527eb806868e5998f3596483