From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 23:27:48 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tone down the detached head warning
Message-ID: <20070131232748.GC31145@coredump.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <epr8e9$i7r$1@sea.gmane.org>

On Thu, Feb 01, 2007 at 12:25:14AM +0100, Jakub Narebski wrote:

> > git-checkout: note use of remote tracking branch when making detached warning
> You can checkout a tag, not a remote tracking branch!

Huh?

$ git-checkout master
$ git-checkout origin/pu
Note: you are on the remote tracking branch 'origin/pu'
If you want to create a new branch from this checkout, you may do so
(now or later) by using -b with the checkout command again. Example:
  git checkout -b <new_branch_name>
$ git-checkout master
$ git-checkout v1.4.4.4
Note: you are not on ANY branch anymore.
If you want to create a new branch from this checkout, you may do so
(now or later) by using -b with the checkout command again. Example:
  git checkout -b <new_branch_name>

You _can_ check out a tracking branch (in fact, I believe that is what
Carl was proposing for his users to do, but perhaps he had instead
actually tagged it). And my patch leaves the traditional output for a
tag (since you, are in fact, not on any branch at that point).

-Peff