Sergio Callegari <scallegari@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Junio C Hamano <junkio <at> cox.net> writes:
>
>> With this series, I am taking hints from Linus and trying to
>> illustrate a problem, show an approach to its solution and code
>> minimally to get others interested enough to follow through.
>>
>> [PATCH 1/3] Add BASE index extension.
>> [PATCH 2/3] update-index --{set,get}-base
>> [PATCH 3/3] Use BASE index extension in git-commit and git-merge.
>>
>> The problem description and the strategy to solve it are in the
>> commit log message of [PATCH 3/3]. There I only talk about
>> git-push from elsewhere while we are looking the other way, but
>> the same situation can also happen when you use a lightweight
>> shared working tree (i.e. Julian phillips's git-new-workdir) and
>> make a commit on a branch in one working tree while the other
>> working tree has a checkout of the same branch.
>>
>> Let's see who are motivated enough to bite.
>> ...
> If (as I am guessing) head detaching is the /only/ possible
> path to recovery, wouldn't it make sense to do it
> automatically, storing somewhere the latest branch one was on
> (e.g. to be used for subsequent merge)?
Answering that is part of "let's see who are motivated enough"
area ;-). Are you?
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