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Re: ephemeral-branches instead of detached-head?

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Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date
Aug 12, 2013, 13:23 UTC
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On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 7:14 PM, David Jeske <davidj@gmail.com> wrote:
> IMO, the current warning during checkout of a detached-head is
> misplaced. It should be removed, and instead there should only be a
> warning after detached-head commit, since this is the only time there
> is a danger of losing something.

That would annoy me as I often work on top of detached HEAD on purpose and only create a branch when I want to save something. If the warning is to be moved, it should warn at the next checkout.

-- 
Duy
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  1. David JeskeAug 12, 2013
  2. Jonathan NiederAug 12, 2013
  3. Junio C HamanoAug 12, 2013
  4. David JeskeAug 12, 2013
  5. David JeskeAug 12, 2013
  6. Duy NguyenAug 12, 2013
  7. Andreas SchwabAug 12, 2013
  8. Junio C HamanoAug 12, 2013
  9. David JeskeAug 12, 2013
  10. David JeskeAug 12, 2013
  11. Junio C HamanoAug 12, 2013
  12. Duy NguyenAug 13, 2013
  13. Junio C HamanoAug 13, 2013
  14. Sitaram ChamartyAug 14, 2013
  15. Junio C HamanoAug 14, 2013
  16. Sitaram ChamartyAug 14, 2013
  17. Jeff KingAug 14, 2013
  18. Andres PereraAug 14, 2013
  19. Sitaram ChamartyAug 14, 2013
  20. Andres PereraAug 14, 2013
  21. Duy NguyenAug 13, 2013
  22. Fwd: ephemeral-branches instead of detached-head?David Jeske, Aug 13, 2013
  23. Junio C HamanoAug 13, 2013
  24. Junio C HamanoAug 13, 2013

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