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From:   "Randall S. Becker" <rsbecker@nexbridge.com>
To:     "'Dani Koretsky'" <Dani@cybereason.com>, <git@vger.kernel.org>
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Subject: RE: [BUG]: git checkout on a new tag with current HEAD shows "head detached" at previous tag
Date:   Tue, 5 Feb 2019 10:02:09 -0500
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On February 5, 2019 4:20, Dani Koretsky wrote:
> I have 2 tags such as release-17.6.230 and release-17.6.220:
> If I'm changing commits, all works as expected.
> 
> If however both are pointing to the same commit, the output is as follows:
> 
> git checkout release-17.6.220
> git status
> HEAD detached at release-17.6.220
> 
> now if I run:
> git checkout release-17.6.230
> git status
> HEAD detached at release-17.6.220
> 
> Which is theoretically correct, but I'd expect after checking out a certain tag
> I'd be see that specific tag...
> 
> Sorry if this is intended behavior, I couldn't find clear mention of this
> behavior on the git checkout documentation online..

Please use

git checkout -b release-17.6.220

What your  commands above have done is resolved release-17.6.220 to a commit, then checked out that commit instead of creating a branch. Alternatively, use

git checkout -b new-branch release-17.6.220

to name it something else.

Regards,
Randall

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