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From: Michael Witten <mfwitten@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Improvement?] How do you switch branches in a bare repo?
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:09:53 -0600
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On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 00:26, Adam Nielsen <adam.nielsen@uq.edu.au> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I want to remove some commits (with git reset) from a bare repo, but they're
> not in the master branch and I can't figure out how to change branches:
>
> $ git checkout newbranch
> fatal: This operation must be run in a work tree

Commands like "git checkout" and "git reset" essentially operate on 2
aspects of a repository:

    (1) The repository's state.
    (2) The repository's working tree.

Is there any reason why these commands can't just operate on (1) in a
bare repository, thereby allowing users to use familiar commands to
get their work done?

The "git checkout" command in a bare repository should serve to select
on which branch other commands (like "git reset") operate, etc.

Michael Witten