From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Should "git symbolic-ref -d HEAD" be forbidden?
Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2016 11:19:29 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87wpiuy7z2.fsf@linux-m68k.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqpoonuy4n.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com> (Junio C. Hamano's message of "Thu, 01 Sep 2016 14:08:08 -0700")
On Sep 01 2016, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> I think we should.
>
> t1401 expects to be able to, but if you really do it:
>
> $ cd /tmp
> $ git init throwaway
> $ cd throwaway
> $ git symbolic-ref -d HEAD
>
> the setup machinery considers that you are no longer in a working
> tree that is controlled by a repository at .git/ because .git/ is
> no longer a valid repository, so you cannot even do
>
> $ git symbolic-ref HEAD refs/heads/master
>
> to recover.
git init recovers it, though.
Andreas.
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-09-02 9:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-09-01 21:08 Should "git symbolic-ref -d HEAD" be forbidden? Junio C Hamano
2016-09-01 21:19 ` Jeff King
2016-09-01 22:31 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-09-02 0:55 ` Jeff King
2016-09-02 9:19 ` Andreas Schwab [this message]
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