Re: [PATCH] Detached HEAD (experimental)

From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Jan 9, 2007, 21:20 UTC
Message-ID: <7virffkick.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <20070109142130.GA10633@coredump.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

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> For example, with what's in next now, I can do this:
>
>   git checkout v1.4.0
>   hack hack hack
>   git commit -m -a 'some changes which will never be seen again'
>   git checkout v1.2.0
>
> I thought the _point_ of the safety valve was not to lose those changes.

Fair enough.

We could always do the check upon "git checkout" from a detached HEAD state, whether it takes you back on some existing branch or leaves your HEAD still detached.

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