Andy Parkins <andyparkins@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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? Tags. Previously you could not checkout a tag without first making a branch from it. Now you can. -- Shawn. - 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