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Re: [1.8.0] git checkout refs/heads/foo checks out branch foo

From
Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 7, 2011, 21:36 UTC
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Heya,
On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 21:59, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:
> As cool and clever as the foo^0 behavior is once you understand it, I
> think it is a horribly confusing thing for non-experts. As part of this
> proposal, should we perhaps offer "git checkout --detach" as the
> easy-on-the-eyes way of intentionally detaching?

Now _that_ is an excellent usability improvement, assuming we want to encourage detaching HEAD... do we?

-- 
Cheers,

Sverre Rabbelier
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Message 4 of 18 in “[1.8.0] git checkout refs/heads/foo checks out branch foo”
  1. Martin von ZweigbergkFeb 7, 2011
  2. Junio C HamanoFeb 7, 2011
  3. Jeff KingFeb 7, 2011
  4. Sverre RabbelierFeb 7, 2011
  5. Jonathan NiederFeb 7, 2011
  6. Junio C HamanoFeb 7, 2011
  7. Jeff KingFeb 7, 2011
  8. Jonathan NiederFeb 8, 2011
  9. Jeff KingFeb 8, 2011
  10. Martin von ZweigbergkFeb 8, 2011
  11. checkout: introduce --detach synonym for "git checkout foo^{commit}"Jonathan Nieder, Feb 8, 2011
  12. Jonathan NiederFeb 8, 2011
  13. 0/3 checkout: introduce --detach synonym for "git checkout foo^{commit}"Jonathan Nieder, Feb 8, 2011
  14. 1/3 checkout: split off a function to peel away branchname argJonathan Nieder, Feb 8, 2011
  15. 2/3 checkout: introduce --detach synonym for "git checkout foo^{commit}"Jonathan Nieder, Feb 8, 2011
  16. 3/3 checkout: rearrange update_refs_for_switch for clarityJonathan Nieder, Feb 8, 2011
  17. Heiko VoigtFeb 7, 2011
  18. Martin von ZweigbergkFeb 8, 2011

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