Re: [PATCH] Proof-of-concept patch to remember what the detached HEAD was

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Oct 15, 2009, 22:08 UTC
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In-Reply-To: <7v1vl42uid.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>

Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:

>     $ git checkout origin/next ;# ditto
>     $ git symbolic-ref HEAD
>     refs/remotes/origin/next

Ok, after reading Daniel's message to remind us that "git fetch" after this will get us into trouble, I agree that detaching HEAD is inevitable.

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