On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 01:36:58PM +0200, Jakub Narebski 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 I have often though a "--detach" would be useful, just because the ref^0 syntax is so mysterious (and yes, _I_ know what it does, but explaining why it works to a novice git user is just painful). -Peff -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html