From: Alan Chandler Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2007 20:48:15 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] Detached HEAD (experimental) Message-ID: <200701062048.15163.alan@chandlerfamily.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <20070106185836.GH4655@fieldses.org> On Saturday 06 January 2007 18:58, J. Bruce Fields wrote: > If we use the word "branches" for things that you can check out and > commit to, then "remote-tracking branches" are not actually branches. > Argh! > > What would be better terminology here? Why can't we use the terms 'local branch' and 'remote branch'. We can only commit to local branches - you need to push to remote ones. -- Alan Chandler http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk