From: Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2007 09:54:56 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] detached HEAD -- finishing touches
Message-ID: <81b0412b0702010154v47b290act4e1c8d3722d23dd3@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <81b0412b0702010153m301a3603idc182df8abbf89a@mail.gmail.com>

On 2/1/07, Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2/1/07, Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> wrote:
> >     [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"?
>

Ah.. I see, the "obscure, but useful trick".