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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Proof-of-concept patch to remember what the detached
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:

>     $ git checkout origin/next ;# ditto
>     $ git symbolic-ref HEAD
>     refs/remotes/origin/next

Ok, after reading Daniel's message to remind us that "git fetch" after
this will get us into trouble, I agree that detaching HEAD is inevitable.