From: Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 17:10:24 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkout -d: explicitly detach HEAD even when switching to the tip of a branch
Message-ID: <20070329171024.GA2809@steel.home>
In-Reply-To: <200703291044.l2TAig5M021533@localhost.localdomain>

Xavier Maillard, Thu, Mar 29, 2007 12:44:42 +0200:
>    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 ?

A throw-away or an experimental work. A commit importer which cares
about the branch it commits on: to update the branch reference only
when it has reached a stable state.