jesseduffield/lazygit

add ability to run `lazygit origin/other-branch`

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#1,106 opened on Nov 27, 2020

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Description

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. A feature I like in tig is that I can quickly check other branches with tig origin/other-branch. I would like to start lazygit similarly with lazygit origin/other-branch and have it use the specific branch.

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Research direction
Investigate how lazygit parses command line arguments and add a positional argument for branch name that sets the initial branch context.
Tech stack
go
Domain
cli
Issue type
Feature
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2
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1-3 hours
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Active
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Clear
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GitGo
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65