Re: [RFC] Introduce .git/BRANCH to point to the current branch

[Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg.lists@dewire.com>]

tisdag 04 december 2007 skrev Junio C Hamano:
> Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> >> Currently, I can do:
> >> 
> >> # Oh, what did this look like two commits ago?
> >> $ git checkout HEAD^^
> >> # Ah, OK, let's go back to the tip
> >> $ git checkout branch-name
> >>                ^^^^^^^^^^^
> >> But I have to remember and re-type the branch name.
> >
> > No, you don't have. You can use
> >   $ git checkout ORIG_HEAD
> > or
> >   $ git checkout HEAD@{1}
> 
> But the point is he wants to go back to the branch he came from.  He
> does not want to detach HEAD at the original commit.
> 
> Having said that, I am not sympathetic to "I have to remember".

I abuse git bisect for this temporary switcing. It only gives me a one
level memory, but otoh the git prompt tells me I'm on a discourse.

[me@lathund GIT (rr/abspath|BISECTING)]$ git checkout master
Switched to branch "master"

[me@lathund GIT (master|BISECTING)]$ git checkout HEAD~2
Note: moving to "HEAD~2" which isn't a local branch
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>
HEAD is now at afcc4f7... Merge branch 'js/prune-expire'

[me@lathund GIT (afcc4f7...|BISECTING)]$ git bisect reset
Previous HEAD position was afcc4f7... Merge branch 'js/prune-expire'
Switched to branch "rr/abspath"
[me@lathund GIT (rr/abspath)]$

-- robin