From: Xavier Maillard Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 10:44:42 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkout -d: explicitly detach HEAD even when switching to the tip of a branch Message-ID: <200703291044.l2TAig5M021533@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <7vr6r879zp.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> This allows you to detach your HEAD and place it at such a $ git checkout -d master Hum, excuse my ignorance, but can you explain what exactly could be a use case of this ? Xavier