acdaa07de466a99a62b4ed7d026d4adb89893584
jcasper
  Mon Feb 3 19:51:05 2025 -0800
Seems like -t is no longer accepted as meaning --track=direct by git, so
being explicit.  No ticket.

diff --git src/utils/qa/weeklybld/coBranch.csh src/utils/qa/weeklybld/coBranch.csh
index 3dbea4151e4..6edf639c5d6 100755
--- src/utils/qa/weeklybld/coBranch.csh
+++ src/utils/qa/weeklybld/coBranch.csh
@@ -13,31 +13,31 @@
 
 #unpack the new branch on BUILDDIR for beta
 # for later: is this faster to co on kkstore or not?
 cd $BUILDDIR
 set branch = "v"$BRANCHNN"_branch" 
 if ( -d $branch ) then
  echo "removing old branch dir. [${0}: `date`]"
  rm -fr $branch 
 endif
 mkdir -p $branch
 cd $branch
 echo "Checking out branch $BRANCHNN. [${0}: `date`]"
 git clone -q $GITSHAREDREPO kent
 chmod g+w kent
 cd kent
-git checkout -tb $branch origin/$branch
+git checkout --track=direct -b $branch origin/$branch
 set err = $status
 if ( $err ) then
  echo "error running git clone and checkout of kent in $BUILDDIR/$branch : $err [${0}: `date`]" 
  exit 1
 endif 
 cd ..
 
 
 # configure settings like SSL and BAM in common.mk
 echo "Configuring settings on branch $BRANCHNN in $BUILDDIR/$branch [${0}: `date`]" 
 $WEEKLYBLD/configureSandbox.csh . $WEEKLYBLD/defaultBuildSettings.mk
 
 echo "Done checking out branch $BRANCHNN in $BUILDDIR/$branch [${0}: `date`]" 
 echo "Now you should go and do build on beta! [${0}: `date`]"