Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] reflog: add --operations and --historical-branch

[Ben Knoble <ben.knoble@gmail.com>]

> Le 26 oct. 2026 à 11:07, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> a écrit :
> 
> Harald Nordgren <haraldnordgren@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>>> It would certainly be nice to avoid creating lots of entries in the
>>> branch reflog when cherry-picking. I'm not sure what users would make of
>>> us switching to a detached HEAD as some people seem to find it
>>> confusing; if we do decide to do that we should make sure we update "git
>>> status" to explain what's happening. I'm more relaxed about changing
>>> "git am", but like you I normally detach HEAD first so maybe I'm not the
>>> best person to ask about that.
>> I think that the fact that all of us have our tricks to work around
>> things is indicative of a real problem.
>> We should attack the root cause and simplify git so that even us would
>> prefer vanilla git.
> 
> I do use and prefer vanilla Git as it was designed to work, though.

But you also workaround limitations in am by detaching ;)
which I think was Harald’s bigger point: let’s eliminate the need for such.