Re: [PATCH v6 3/3] worktree add: improve message for ambiguous remote branch name

On Sat, Aug 22, 2026 at 8:49 AM Junio C Hamano <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Yoichi Nakayama <[email protected]> writes:
>
> > My initial patch included a warning and advice here,
> > but now I don't think they are necessary.
> >
> > Even if multiple remotes match here, the command completes
> > successfully. This could well be the intended behavior
> > (just as when there is no match). In that case, a warning
> > or advice might be superfluous.
>
> In other words, there is no point in calling dwim_branch() from that
> code path, as the end result is exactly the same whether no remotes
> match, exactly one remote matches, or two or more remotes match?
> Would it then make sense to leave a note there to consider later if
> the dwim_branch() call can be removed?

No. The exit codes of the command 'git worktree add ../topic-branch'
are the same (== 0). but the results are different.

If there is a unique match found in dwim_branch(), it creates a local
branch named topic-branch which tracks <remote>/topic-branch.
In case of no match or multiple matches, it creates a local branch
named topic-branch from HEAD.

Since Git treats both cases as successful, either can be considered
the intended behavior.
(Although, if there are multiple matches, there is a fair chance the
result might not be what was intended.)

I am confident that it is appropriate to provide a hint when a command
fails, but it is difficult to decide what to do when a command succeeds.

Thanks,
-- 
Yoichi NAKAYAMA