Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> writes: > For example, with what's in next now, I can do this: > > git checkout v1.4.0 > hack hack hack > git commit -m -a 'some changes which will never be seen again' > git checkout v1.2.0 > > I thought the _point_ of the safety valve was not to lose those changes. Fair enough. We could always do the check upon "git checkout" from a detached HEAD state, whether it takes you back on some existing branch or leaves your HEAD still detached. - 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