Re: [PATCH] revision walker: include a detached HEAD in --all

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2009/1/16 Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx>:
>
> When HEAD is detached, --all should list it, too, logically, as a
> detached HEAD is by definition a temporary, unnamed branch.
>
> It is especially necessary to list it when garbage collecting, as
> the detached HEAD would be trashed.
>
> Noticed by Thomas Rast.
>
> Note that this affects creating bundles with --all; I contend that it
> is a good change to add the HEAD, so that cloning from such a bundle
> will give you a current branch.  However, I had to fix t5701 as it
> assumed that --all does not imply HEAD.

>From the description I understand that it only affects when the HEAD
is detached, but in t5701 the HEAD is not detached so nothing should
be fixed.

For gc for sure it is a good thing, but I'm not convinced of the
others, as a detached HEAD is a very special thing (temporary and
unnamed branch).

Santi
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