From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 16:19:44 GMT
Subject: Re: git symbolic-ref vs. reflog (vs. rebase)
Message-ID: <7vk4edyqqn.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <ipek0o$l0v$1@dough.gmane.org>

Csaba Henk <csaba@lowlife.hu> writes:

> "git symbolic-ref" is a dangerous command in the sense that it can
> change your HEAD position without updating the reflog. Is it
> intended behaviour?

Yes, it is.  But you can choose to do:

	$ git branch side
	$ git symoblic-ref -m "move to side" HEAD refs/heads/side
        $ git log --oneline -g HEAD@{0}
        05ddb9b HEAD@{0}: move to side
	e69de29 HEAD@{1}: commit (initial): first commit

if you wanted to.