From: Andy Parkins Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 10:09:50 GMT Subject: git-fetch while on "(no branch)" Message-ID: <200701151009.51868.andyparkins@gmail.com> Hello, Just ran this while on a detached HEAD. $ git fetch fatal: ref HEAD is not a symbolic ref fatal: ref HEAD is not a symbolic ref fatal: ref HEAD is not a symbolic ref remote: Generating pack... ...etc... The fetch appears to have succeeded anyway, but it's a scary message that tells a user something is "fatal". Has this done any damage? Andy -- Dr Andy Parkins, M Eng (hons), MIEE andyparkins@gmail.com