On Fri, 29 Jan 2010, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > >> master^ is a commit (the first parent of master), not a branch (local > >> or otherwise). > > > > Perhaps we should change the message to say "not a branch" if it's not > > a reference to a remote branch? Or simply changing the text to "not a > > (local) branch"? > > I think "not a branch" is a good suggestion, whether the target of > checkout is "master^" or "origin/topic". > > These days, you can say "git checkout topic" to automagically create a > local "topic" branch that forks from "origin/topic" remote tracking branch > when you have one, thanks to Dscho's UI improvement ideas (one less > reason you may end up on a detached HEAD state without wanting to). If this is the case then I'm really disappointed. With all due respects, I don't share Dscho's sentiment about Git's alleged non user-friendliness. And I always praised Git's ability to use a detached head to check out a remote branch, and never had any problem teaching this concept to people. So the above is not a UI improvement at all to me. Nicolas -- 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