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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Proof-of-concept patch to remember what the detached HEAD was
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Junio C Hamano <gitster <at> pobox.com> writes:

> It won't help to alleviate my irritation if I need to give -f to each and
> every invocation of "git commit" while detached, though.

I'm missing something fundamental here, I think.
I simply don't see the advantage of branching after committing
over branching before committing.

At worst, a temporary is cheap, eh?  So what is the value
of even allowing committing while HEAD is detached
(aside from the historical argument)?