From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 04:20:56 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] docs/checkout: clarify what "non-branch" means
Message-ID: <7v8wm3c1cn.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <200904132340.36191.mlevedahl@gmail.com>

Mark Levedahl <mlevedahl@gmail.com> writes:

> I think the question being posed is: Would unifying branch names across all 
> git commands (i.e., always accepting refs/heads/master as naming branch 
> master, and accepting master when that is unambiguous) sufficiently benefit 
> new users...

My knee-jerk reaction is that what you are saying is backwards.

When do new people even need to know about refs/heads vs refs/tags with
modern Porcelain command set?