From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Shawn O. Pearce" Subject: Re: [PATCH] Detached HEAD (experimental) Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 04:05:48 -0500 Message-ID: <20070110090548.GE30765@spearce.org> References: <7vac11yirf.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <7vy7obj07k.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <200701100904.32077.andyparkins@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Wed Jan 10 10:06:05 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1H4ZP9-0004RH-Bt for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Wed, 10 Jan 2007 10:05:55 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932753AbXAJJFw (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Jan 2007 04:05:52 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932754AbXAJJFw (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Jan 2007 04:05:52 -0500 Received: from corvette.plexpod.net ([64.38.20.226]:49197 "EHLO corvette.plexpod.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932753AbXAJJFv (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Jan 2007 04:05:51 -0500 Received: from cpe-74-70-48-173.nycap.res.rr.com ([74.70.48.173] helo=asimov.home.spearce.org) by corvette.plexpod.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1H4ZP2-0007YR-Kw; Wed, 10 Jan 2007 04:05:48 -0500 Received: by asimov.home.spearce.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 5EC6220FBAE; Wed, 10 Jan 2007 04:05:48 -0500 (EST) To: Andy Parkins Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200701100904.32077.andyparkins@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - corvette.plexpod.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - spearce.org X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Andy Parkins wrote: > On Tuesday 2007 January 09 23:46, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > I would suggest a solution: > > > > - git checkout will refuse to switch AWAY from a detached head unless the > > SHA1 of the detached head exactly matches some other branch. > > If the detached HEAD matches another branch what did we need a detached HEAD > for in the first place? Tags. Previously you could not checkout a tag without first making a branch from it. Now you can. -- Shawn.