From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:21:59 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Proof-of-concept patch to remember what the detached HEAD was
Message-ID: <20091015042159.GA21701@coredump.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.00.0910142237010.20122@xanadu.home>

On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 11:08:59PM -0400, Nicolas Pitre wrote:

> IMHO this patch proposed by Daniel about the detached head is probably a 
> good compromise.  It makes "confusing" operations more verbose to give 
> new users a better feeling while keeping the flexibility intact.  And 
> increased verbosity is less annoying than decreased flexibility.

And I don't think there is as much opposition to a config option to
silence verbosity, because it isn't really a change in behavior. We
already have advice.*, and if the new message is too annoying, we can
get advice.commitDetachedHead.

-Peff