Re: master^ is not a local branch -- huh?!?

From: Jacob Helwig <jacob.helwig@gmail.com>
Date: Jan 29, 2010, 22:46 UTC
Message-ID: <8c9a061001291446y1caa5e7cy25d1f19ecf0745e7@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <7vaavwh6yh.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>

On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 14:39, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:

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> Any comment on my previous rewording patch ($gmane/138369)?
>
> "Note: '%s' isn't a local branch head: creating a detached HEAD\n"
> "If you want to create a new branch from this checkout, you may do so\n"
> "(now or later) by using -b with the checkout command again. Example:\n"
> "  git checkout -b <new_branch_name>\n", new->name);
>
> A major difference I think is that I avoided a jargon (detached HEAD), and
> chose not to say why the input was interpreted as a request to switch to
> that state.
>
> Oh, of course, I also added advice.detachedHEAD to squelch it ;-)
>

For what it's worth, I'm +1 for this.  Especially the ability to squelch it.