Re: [PATCH/RFC v2 0/7] Introduce new commands switch-branch and checkout-files

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On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 12:09 PM Duy Nguyen <pclouds@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 9:01 PM Duy Nguyen <pclouds@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > should we do
> > something about detached HEAD in this switch-branch command (or
> > whatever its name will be)?
> >
> > This is usually a confusing concept to new users
>
> And it just occurred to me that perhaps we should call this "unnamed
> branch" (at least at high UI level) instead of detached HEAD. It is
> technically not as accurate, but much better to understand.

or 'direct' branch? I mean 'detached HEAD' itself is also not correct
as the HEAD points to a valid commit/tag usually, so it is attached to
that content. The detachment comes from the implicit "from a branch".



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