From: Rogier Goossens <goossens.rogier@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2016 18:33:03 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: gitk: Allow checking out a remote branch
X-Git-Tag: v2.12.0-rc0~77^2~12
X-Git-Url: https://git.lorimer.id.au/gitweb.git/diff_plain/02e6a0601b846d197e062f5efdf29fdcef54d54c?hp=02e6a0601b846d197e062f5efdf29fdcef54d54c

gitk: Allow checking out a remote branch

Git allows checking out remote branches, creating a local tracking
branch in the process. Allow gitk to do this as well, provided a
local branch of the same name does not yet exist.

Signed-off-by: Rogier Goossens <goossens.rogier@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@ozlabs.org>
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