From: Ben Knoble <ben.knoble@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2026 22:17:31 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] revisions: add @{default} shorthand for default branch
Message-ID: <A8942826-6235-4C46-9217-708671ED4678@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20260202211919.4968-1-haraldnordgren@gmail.com>


> Le 2 févr. 2026 à 16:19, Harald Nordgren <haraldnordgren@gmail.com> a écrit :
> 
> 
>> 
>> If you don't need to be on a branch, then "git switch -d origin" (or
>> upstream, or whatever your remote is) should work just fine.
> 
> Thanks, but it needs to be a branch, do you use detached heads for
> anything? 🤗 For me, the only ever happen by accident.

Yes, frequently :)

I run « git switch -d origin » a lot to avoid having to keep a local main branch up to date (if I don’t use it for anything, which is often the case).