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From: "Alex Riesen" <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] detached HEAD -- finishing touches
Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 10:54:56 +0100
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On 2/1/07, Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2/1/07, Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> wrote:
> >     [git.git (master)]$ git checkout master^
> >     M       git-checkout.sh
> >     Note: you are not on any branch and are at commit "master^"
> >     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>
>
> How do you detach HEAD _without_ changing working tree at all?
> IOW, is there a "git checkout --detach"?
>

Ah.. I see, the "obscure, but useful trick".