From: "Julia Evans" <julia@jvns.ca>
To: "Junio C Hamano" <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: "Julia Evans" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: checkout: rewrite detached HEAD state explanation
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 09:06:58 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <426b0cf4-d37f-420f-a7df-48bd6281818d@app.fastmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1AA9F133-4B0C-4AAC-B296-5C2543C642F2@jvns.ca>
> I agree these kinds of comments can be a little unsettling to read when
> some of them are “wrong”. I believe that these comments are from
> folks who are quite a bit more knowledgeable than the average Git user.
I forgot the mandatory XKCD here :) https://xkcd.com/2501/
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-20 13:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-07 14:52 [PATCH] doc: checkout: rewrite detached HEAD state explanation Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2026-10-07 16:43 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-10-13 12:54 ` Julia Evans
2026-10-19 14:05 ` Julia Evans
2026-10-19 21:24 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-10-20 12:52 ` Julia Evans
2026-10-20 13:06 ` Julia Evans [this message]
2026-10-07 19:02 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-10-13 11:48 ` Julia Evans
2026-10-13 12:20 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-10-13 12:27 ` Julia Evans
2026-10-13 12:42 ` Julia Evans
2026-10-13 13:01 ` [PATCH v2] " Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2026-10-14 18:52 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-10-14 21:10 ` Julia Evans
2026-10-15 20:58 ` [PATCH v3] " Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2026-10-15 22:39 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-10-16 14:55 ` Julia Evans
2026-10-16 17:03 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-10-16 18:35 ` Julia Evans
2026-10-16 19:05 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-10-16 19:03 ` [PATCH v4] " Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2026-10-16 21:10 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-10-16 22:02 ` Junio C Hamano
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