Junio C Hamano <junkio@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxx> writes:
> > - git checkout will refuse to switch AWAY from a detached head unless the
> > SHA1 of the detached head exactly matches some other branch.
>
> ... or an existing "ref^{commit}".
I think that was implied. ;-)
> > I'd love to see the detached HEAD series move into "master", but I do
> > think we should make sure that people can't drop their work easily by
> > mistake, and I think the above suggestion is both simple and workable.
> >
> > Comments?
>
> I agree with the "reachability is wrong -- you would lose the
> point in the middle" reasoning.
I have no problem with that. Forget the reachability thing entirely.
My point about reset --hard/--soft probably also needing this check
still stands however.
--
Shawn.
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