From: Casey Dahlin <cdahlin@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 07 Dec 2010 17:54:18 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] logging branch deletion to help recovering from mistakes
Message-ID: <20101207175418.GU355@fearengine.rdu.redhat.com>
In-Reply-To: <20101207174520.GB21483@burratino>

On Tue, Dec 07, 2010 at 11:45:20AM -0600, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> Casey Dahlin wrote:
> 
> > Could commits made onto a detached head also show up here? Or is that
> > better thwarted with another mechanism?
> 
> I think that's better thwarted with the HEAD reflog:
> 
> 	$ git log -g HEAD

I was more worried about changes that were made onto a detached head,
and then the head was reattached, leaving the new commits dangling.

The end result is identical to a deleted branch, just wondering if we
should note it in the same place.

--CJD