From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 21:26:14 GMT
Subject: Re: pushing changes to a remote branch
Message-ID: <7v1wfe4op5.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <20070711193152.GC3069@efreet.light.src>

Jan Hudec <bulb@ucw.cz> writes:

>>   $ git checkout origin/master
>>   Note: moving to "origin/master" which isn't a local branch
>>   If you want to create a new branch from this checkout, you may do so
>>   (now or later) by using -b with the checkout command again. Example:
>>     git checkout -b <new_branch_name>
>>   HEAD is now at f4855d4... 1
>
> The problem of this warning is, that it does not actually say anything about
> detached and that potential commit won't update the ref being checked out.

"Being detached" is a rather geekish synonym to "which isn't a
local branch", isn't it?