Re: [PATCH v8 3/4] worktree add: add --orphan flag

> <rsbecker@nexbridge.com> writes:
>
> > [...]
>
> An orphan is not even detached, if I understand correctly.
>
> The state is what is called "being on an unborn branch", where your
> HEAD does not even point at any commit.  HEAD only knows a name of a
> branch that is not yet created but will be when you make a commit.
>
> While "(HEAD) being detached" means that you are on an existing
> commit---it is just that future history you extend by making a
> commit from that state will not be on any branch.
>
> So if we wanted to fix the misnomer, s/orphan/unborn/ would be how I
> would go about it.
>