Add start-point option to `git feature`

[smeijer]

Currently, git feature creates a new branch based on the current active one.

As git flow specifies that feature branches should be based on develop, it would be nice to be able to specify a start-point, so we don't need to switch branches first.

After finishing a feature, I currently need to run 3 commands to create my new feature branch:

git checkout develop
git pull
git feature my-feat

It would be awesome if we could simplify those 3 lines to a single command:

# git feature <branchname> [<start-point>]
  git feature my-feat develop 

Regardless of my active branch, git feature my-feat develop would:

• pull/fetch the commits from origin
• create a new branch with develop as start-point,
• check out the new feature branch.

Does git-extras have global options? It would be awesome to be able to set the default start-point trough a global option

[spacewander]

You can use git config git-extras.$cmd.$attr to get the global option, like git config git-extras.create-branch.remote.
BTW, I suggest to use --from <start-point> instead of using it directly as argument.

[smeijer]

You can use git config git-extras.$cmd.$attr to get the global option

Awesome! Thanks.

I suggest to use --from

--from sounds good to me. That was even my original idea, but while composing this issue I remembered the signature of git branch <branchname> [<start-point>]

[spacewander]

I think it would be better to use --xxx yyy style for optional argument.