Rustom Mody <rustompmody@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Ive been trying to use git.el in emacs > > When I checked out an internal commit (I guess that's called a > detached head?) then git-status (in emacs) starts giving me > > Branch: fatal: ref HEAD is not a symbolic ref > > This goes away when I do > git reset --hard <original-head-sha> -- > git checkout master > > [I'm not sure this the best way of restoring the head] This probably means that git.el (which version do you use) should be corrected. > > But my question is more about git in emacs. I gather that there are 3 options: > 1. git.el > 2. vc with git backend > 3. dvc with git backend > > Which is best/preferable? > Or is it best to stay with the command line? See http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs-en/Git -- Jakub Narebski Poland ShadeHawk on #git -- 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