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Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] docs/checkout: clarify what "non-branch" means
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Mark Levedahl wrote:


> In this vein, I suggest that
>       $ git checkout --detach master
> as a way to get a detached HEAD on branch master is more understandable than
>       $ git checkout refs/heads/master

To detach, use
        $ git checkout master^0

-- 
Jakub Narebski
Warsaw, Poland
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