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From:   Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
To:     Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: Should "git symbolic-ref -d HEAD" be forbidden?
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On Sep 01 2016, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:

> I think we should.
>
> t1401 expects to be able to, but if you really do it:
>
> 	$ cd /tmp
> 	$ git init throwaway
>         $ cd throwaway
>         $ git symbolic-ref -d HEAD
>
> the setup machinery considers that you are no longer in a working
> tree that is controlled by a repository at .git/ because .git/ is
> no longer a valid repository, so you cannot even do
>
> 	$ git symbolic-ref HEAD refs/heads/master
>
> to recover.

git init recovers it, though.

Andreas.

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