Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > What's cooking in git.git (Jan 2012, #08; Tue, 31) > -------------------------------------------------- > ... > [Graduated to "master"] > > * nd/clone-detached (2012-01-24) 12 commits > (merged to 'next' on 2012-01-26 at 7b0cc8a) > + clone: fix up delay cloning conditions > (merged to 'next' on 2012-01-23 at bee31c6) > + push: do not let configured foreign-vcs permanently clobbered > (merged to 'next' on 2012-01-23 at 9cab64e) > + clone: print advice on checking out detached HEAD > + clone: allow --branch to take a tag > + clone: refuse to clone if --branch points to bogus ref > + clone: --branch=<branch> always means refs/heads/<branch> > + clone: delay cloning until after remote HEAD checking > + clone: factor out remote ref writing > + clone: factor out HEAD update code > + clone: factor out checkout code > + clone: write detached HEAD in bare repositories > + t5601: add missing && cascade > > "git clone" learned to detach the HEAD in the resulting repository when > the source repository's HEAD does not point to a branch. It turns out that this series, as a side effect, fixes a long-standing bug that the --branch option cannot be used with the --mirror option. I am tempted to merge it also to 1.7.9.1 maintenance track. The issue is minor (you can always clone with --mirror and then switch the branch with "checkout") and it does not look like it warrants further backpointing to 1.7.8 and older releases, though. Comments and/or objections? -- 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