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From: "Shawn O. Pearce" <spearce@spearce.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Detached HEAD (experimental)
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 20:40:00 -0500
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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> wrote:
> Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org> writes:
> 
> >> Unfortunately .git/logs/HEAD wouldn't be created by default as its
> >> not under refs/heads or refs/remotes.  Though it could be made to be
> >> on by default, in which case it would only log changes while HEAD
> >> is detached.  If HEAD is attached to a branch then .git/logs/HEAD
> >> wouldn't be appended to (or even created), while the branch's own
> >> log is still appended to.
> >
> > Is this worth the trouble and complexity?  After all detached heads are 
> > not meant to be used for serious development.
> 
> I agree.

  git checkout v1.4.0
  # dang, need some local fix
  git commit -m tmpfix -a
  git reset --hard v1.2.0
  git reset --hard v1.3.0
  # dang, need that local again fix - where is it?

It ain't in ORIG_HEAD.  Its now only findable by
fsck-objects/lost-found.  But if you reflog a detached
HEAD its there as HEAD@{2}.

Maybe its not really worth it.  But it almost seems like it would
come free if we always use update-ref like we're supposed to...

-- 
Shawn.