Re: Should "git symbolic-ref -d HEAD" be forbidden?

From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Date: Sep 2, 2016, 09:19 UTC
Message-ID: <87wpiuy7z2.fsf@linux-m68k.org>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqpoonuy4n.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>

On Sep 01 2016, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:

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> I think we should.
>
> t1401 expects to be able to, but if you really do it:
>
> 	$ cd /tmp
> 	$ git init throwaway
>         $ cd throwaway
>         $ git symbolic-ref -d HEAD
>
> the setup machinery considers that you are no longer in a working
> tree that is controlled by a repository at .git/ because .git/ is
> no longer a valid repository, so you cannot even do
>
> 	$ git symbolic-ref HEAD refs/heads/master
>
> to recover.

git init recovers it, though.

Andreas.

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