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From: Jay Soffian <jaysoffian@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: master^ is not a local branch -- huh?!?
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On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 12:15 AM, Nicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net> wrote:
> Could you please take this really nice explanation and make it into a
> patch adding a "Detached HEAD" section in the git-checkout.txt manual
> page please?

Will do, and I'll even make the branches go upwards. :-)

j.