Re: [PATCH] detached HEAD -- finishing touches

From: Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Date: Feb 1, 2007, 09:53 UTC
Message-ID: <81b0412b0702010153m301a3603idc182df8abbf89a@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <7vlkjip7mu.fsf_-_@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>

On 2/1/07, Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> wrote:

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>     [git.git (master)]$ git checkout master^
>     M       git-checkout.sh
>     Note: you are not on any branch and are at commit "master^"
>     If you want to create a new branch from this checkout, you may do so
>     (now or later) by using -b with the checkout command again. Example:
>       git checkout -b <new_branch_name>

How do you detach HEAD _without_ changing working tree at all? IOW, is there a "git checkout --detach"?

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