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From: "Alex Riesen" <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] detached HEAD -- finishing touches
Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 10:53:08 +0100
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On 2/1/07, Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> wrote:
>     [git.git (master)]$ git checkout master^
>     M       git-checkout.sh
>     Note: you are not on any branch and are at commit "master^"
>     If you want to create a new branch from this checkout, you may do so
>     (now or later) by using -b with the checkout command again. Example:
>       git checkout -b <new_branch_name>

How do you detach HEAD _without_ changing working tree at all?
IOW, is there a "git checkout --detach"?