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Ben Knoble" , Julia Evans via GitGitGadget , git@vger.kernel.org, Kristoffer Haugsbakk Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] doc: checkout: rewrite detached HEAD state explanation In-Reply-To: (Julia Evans's message of "Fri, 13 Nov 2026 12:57:56 -0500") References: <931a94e4-feab-49a9-b5c6-479f0d7f8b75@jvns.ca> <4d6f9b6a-e658-4797-bc4a-0cfc533056d8@jvns.ca> <36e73720-287f-47a5-bd3f-dc53629ac968@jvns.ca> Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2026 17:54:49 -0800 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: List-Owner: Precedence: list MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Julia Evans writes: > Okay. How about this?  (the added sentence is between the **) > >   For example, a data scientist could use this to run an old version of a >   data pipeline or a programmer could use this to figure out when a bug >   was introduced. **You can also use this to make experimental commits >   without being on a branch.** By detaching `HEAD`, you don't need to >   create a temporary branch. Yes, taking the "data scientist" example as a "pure time machine without touching, just observing" scenario, and the "programmer" example as an "inspect and experiment" scenario, the addition of this single sentence is sufficient to hint at the wide range of usefulness to which this feature applies. Nicely done. I think this is short and thin enough to be good material to be shared between the manual for everybody (which would want to cover wider workflows with possibly thin coverage on some and thorough coverage on others) and a survival guide for those who are lost (which can be more targeted towards specific audiences).