From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2017 01:11:38 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] branch_get_push: do not segfault when HEAD is detached
Message-ID: <20170107011138.uuy6ob234kyy3y4e@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <87inprllpv.fsf@kyleam.com>

On Fri, Jan 06, 2017 at 08:09:32PM -0500, Kyle Meyer wrote:

> > $ git grep -c HEAD^{} junio/pu -- t/
> > junio/pu:t/t3200-branch.sh:3
> >
> > Maybe use HEAD^0 just for consistency?
> 
> Yes, thanks for pointing that out.

The other option is just "git checkout --detach", which is also used in
the test suite. I tend to prefer it because it's a little more obvious
to a reader.

-Peff