From: Theodore Tso <tytso@mit.edu>
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2007 01:16:09 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] detached HEAD -- finishing touches
Message-ID: <20070202011608.GA18880@thunk.org>
In-Reply-To: <7v64alnz2q.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>

On Thu, Feb 01, 2007 at 05:11:09PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Didn't I already point out that you can have a precious
> information while on the detached HEAD without making any
> commit, and that is the reason why we do not use the
> reachability crud from refs when deciding to issue the message?

Sorry, I must be dense.  Exactly what precious information can be ever
be lost in the following sequence:

git checkout HEAD~1
git checkout master

such that it want to train users to be typing

git checkout -f master

instead?

						- Ted