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From: Nicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Proof-of-concept patch to remember what the detached HEAD
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Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:34:37 -0400 (EDT)
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On Thu, 15 Oct 2009, James Pickens wrote:

> BTW I'm not convinced this is any better than the current UI... just
> thinking out loud.

I concur with that.

> And I find it more than a little depressing that most
> of these ideas have already been discussed almost 3 years ago (thanks Jeff
> for the pointer).

Rehashing them from time to time is not necessarily a bad idea.  Maybe 
something better might (or not) turn up this time.


Nicolas