From: Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
To: Xavier Maillard <zedek@gnu.org>
Cc: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkout -d: explicitly detach HEAD even when switching to the tip of a branch
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 19:10:24 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070329171024.GA2809@steel.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200703291044.l2TAig5M021533@localhost.localdomain>
Xavier Maillard, Thu, Mar 29, 2007 12:44:42 +0200:
> This allows you to detach your HEAD and place it at such a
>
> $ git checkout -d master
>
> Hum, excuse my ignorance, but can you explain what exactly could
> be a use case of this ?
A throw-away or an experimental work. A commit importer which cares
about the branch it commits on: to update the branch reference only
when it has reached a stable state.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-03-29 17:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-03-29 8:02 [PATCH] checkout -d: explicitly detach HEAD even when switching to the tip of a branch Junio C Hamano
2007-03-29 10:44 ` Xavier Maillard
2007-03-29 17:10 ` Alex Riesen [this message]
2007-03-29 20:54 ` Xavier Maillard
2007-03-31 0:11 ` Jakub Narebski
2007-03-31 14:55 ` Xavier Maillard
2007-04-04 0:11 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-04-04 1:55 ` Linus Torvalds
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