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Re: ephemeral-branches instead of detached-head?

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Aug 12, 2013, 17:22 UTC
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David Jeske <davidj@gmail.com> writes:
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> @Junio - to put the issue in the context of your previous comments on
> the topic... way back when you made a comment about warnings during
> commits to detached heads..
>
> http://git.661346.n2.nabble.com/RFC-Detached-HEAD-reminder-on-commit-td834710.html#a834959
>
>> If we _really_ don't want newbies to shoot themselves in the foot, we
>> probably can issue a loud warning when they detach there HEAD.
>> Oh, wait,... we already do that.
>
> The reason this rationale doesn't ring true for me, is that it is
> *very* common for me to checkout a detached-head and there is nothing
> odd or dangerous about it.

You do not have to say that to me _now_ ;-) because after makinng the above ancient comment others have corrected me, I agreed with them, and we no longer rely on that "you are detaching, danger ahead" warning.

With the same line of reasoning, the place where users make commits on detached HEAD is not where the danger arises, either; the real danger is where you switch out of the detached HEAD state, and I think we do give a loud warning there.

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Message 11 of 24 in “ephemeral-branches instead of detached-head?”
  1. David JeskeAug 12, 2013
  2. Jonathan NiederAug 12, 2013
  3. Junio C HamanoAug 12, 2013
  4. David JeskeAug 12, 2013
  5. David JeskeAug 12, 2013
  6. Duy NguyenAug 12, 2013
  7. Andreas SchwabAug 12, 2013
  8. Junio C HamanoAug 12, 2013
  9. David JeskeAug 12, 2013
  10. David JeskeAug 12, 2013
  11. Junio C HamanoAug 12, 2013
  12. Duy NguyenAug 13, 2013
  13. Junio C HamanoAug 13, 2013
  14. Sitaram ChamartyAug 14, 2013
  15. Junio C HamanoAug 14, 2013
  16. Sitaram ChamartyAug 14, 2013
  17. Jeff KingAug 14, 2013
  18. Andres PereraAug 14, 2013
  19. Sitaram ChamartyAug 14, 2013
  20. Andres PereraAug 14, 2013
  21. Duy NguyenAug 13, 2013
  22. Fwd: ephemeral-branches instead of detached-head?David Jeske, Aug 13, 2013
  23. Junio C HamanoAug 13, 2013
  24. Junio C HamanoAug 13, 2013

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