Re: [PATCH] checkout -d: explicitly detach HEAD even when switching to the tip of a branch

From: Xavier Maillard <zedek@gnu.org>
Date: Mar 31, 2007, 14:55 UTC
Message-ID: <200703311455.l2VEtHO5021300@localhost.localdomain>
In-Reply-To: <euk8ps$vu1$1@sea.gmane.org>

   > You cannot currently checkout the tip of an existing branch
   > without moving to the branch.
   > 
   > This allows you to detach your HEAD and place it at such a
   > commit, with:
   > 
   >     $ git checkout -d master

   What about

	 $ git checkout master^0

   trick to force detaching?

I love this idea.

Xavier