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by lancefisher 5135 days ago
Checkout in SVN does not mean the same as it does in git. SVN Checkout is more like Git Clone. Checkout in git means change to a different branch. You "checkout a branch" in git.

I think it is better for TortoiseGit to match the semantics of git rather than match the semantics of TortoiseSVN. It causes some confusion coming from SVN for sure, but once you start using git, you should learn its dialect. It would be worse if TortoiseGit did not match git's vocabulary.
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trun 5135 days ago
That was my point. For example, TortoiseGit presents "revert" instead of "checkout" (e.g. on a file, not a branch). "revert" in git actually means something else entirely.
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lancefisher 5135 days ago
Oh really? I used TortoiseSVN for a long time, and switched to the command line when I switched to git. I can see why TortoiseGit kept the "revert" naming, but I disagree about the choice.
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