From: Jan Hudec Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 20:18:15 GMT Subject: Re: [BUG?] Detaching head at checked out point does not work. Message-ID: <20070512201815.GC8983@efreet.light.src> In-Reply-To: <7vd515ygw5.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> On Sat, May 12, 2007 at 12:35:22 -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Jan Hudec writes: > > > On Sat, May 12, 2007 at 11:26:53 -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > >> Jan Hudec writes: > >> > >> > I can correctly detach head by saying: > >> > > >> > git checkout master^0 > >> > > >> > (or git checkout master^{} or git checkout refs/heads/master), but NONE of > >> > these work, if I currently have master checked out. Shouldn't it detach > >> > anyway? > >> > >> Yes, and it does as far as I know. > >> > >> Do you have 3e0318a3? > > > > It does not seem to be in 1.5.1.4, so no, I don't. > > As that commit is directly on top of v1.5.1, I think it may not > hurt to cherry-pick that single commit to 'maint' for 1.5.1.5, > although some may argue that it is not strictly a bugfix but a > new feature. I would not call it a new feature, since it worked if I had something else than master checked out. It is not a regression though and given that 1.5.2 is getting closer I'm not sure it's worth bothering. -- Jan 'Bulb' Hudec