On Tuesday 2007 January 09 23:46, Linus Torvalds wrote: > I would suggest a solution: > > - git checkout will refuse to switch AWAY from a detached head unless the > SHA1 of the detached head exactly matches some other branch. If the detached HEAD matches another branch what did we need a detached HEAD for in the first place? Seems that this check will in practice always be true. A detached HEAD by definition doesn't match some other branch. Have I misunderstood? Perhaps you meant the detached HEAD is /on/ some other branch? Andy -- Dr Andy Parkins, M Eng (hons), MIEE andyparkins@xxxxxxxxx - 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