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Re: Re: [PATCH] Docs: git checkout --orphan: `root commit' and `branch head'

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Michael Witten <mfwitten@gmail.com>
Date
Sep 27, 2011, 23:44 UTC
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On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 23:35, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:
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> On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 11:28:14PM +0000, Michael Witten wrote:
>
>>   With "git commit --no-parent", you would be altering the current
>>   branch head, which means you are potentially leaving as a dangling
>>   commit the commit to which that branch head originally pointed.
>>   I.e., it is about as dangerous as "git reset --hard <new_root_commit>",
>>   something for which we do NOT provide any protection.
>
> Didn't I already mention that example? And then say that I think the
> lack of protection there has been the source of a lot of confusion and
> hardship?
Sorry, I suppose you did already mention that, but:
  * I missed it because of the footnote.
  * There is more pedantry to my text than just that.
> Repeating the problems of "git reset" does not seem like a good idea to
> me. Especially not with a command like "commit", which is usually very
> safe.

I think that "git reset" is confusing and dangerous for more fundamental reasons: It's another one of git's bizarre, poorly chosen abstractions on top of the working tree and index.

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Message 37 of 57 in “Can a git changeset be created with no parent”
  1. vra5107Sep 25, 2011
  2. Andreas EricssonSep 25, 2011
  3. Carlos Martín NietoSep 25, 2011
  4. Junio C HamanoSep 26, 2011
  5. Carlos Martín NietoSep 26, 2011
  6. Docs: git checkout --orphan: `root commit' and `branch head'Michael Witten, Sep 27, 2011
  7. Matthieu MoySep 27, 2011
  8. Docs: git checkout --orphan: `root commit' and `branch head'Michael Witten, Sep 27, 2011
  9. Matthieu MoySep 27, 2011
  10. Michael WittenSep 27, 2011
  11. Matthieu MoySep 27, 2011
  12. Michael WittenSep 27, 2011
  13. Philip OakleySep 27, 2011
  14. Docs: git checkout --orphan: `root commit' and `branch head'Michael Witten, Sep 28, 2011
  15. Junio C HamanoSep 28, 2011
  16. Michael WittenSep 29, 2011
  17. Docs: git checkout --orphan: Copyedit, and s/root commit/orphan branch/Michael Witten, Sep 29, 2011
  18. Michael WittenSep 29, 2011
  19. Philip OakleySep 29, 2011
  20. Junio C HamanoSep 29, 2011
  21. Michael WittenSep 29, 2011
  22. Documentation/git-checkout.txt: Explain --orphan without introducing an undefined "orphan branch"Junio C Hamano, Sep 29, 2011
  23. Michael WittenSep 29, 2011
  24. Phil HordSep 29, 2011
  25. Michael WittenSep 29, 2011
  26. Phil HordSep 29, 2011
  27. Michael WittenSep 29, 2011
  28. Michael J GruberSep 27, 2011
  29. Michael WittenSep 27, 2011
  30. Junio C HamanoSep 27, 2011
  31. Michael WittenSep 27, 2011
  32. Eric RaibleSep 27, 2011
  33. Philip OakleySep 27, 2011
  34. Jeff KingSep 27, 2011
  35. Michael WittenSep 27, 2011
  36. Jeff KingSep 27, 2011
  37. Michael WittenSep 27, 2011
  38. Junio C HamanoSep 28, 2011
  39. Michael WittenSep 28, 2011
  40. Matthieu MoySep 28, 2011
  41. Michael WittenSep 28, 2011
  42. Matthieu MoySep 28, 2011
  43. Michael WittenSep 28, 2011
  44. Matthieu MoySep 28, 2011
  45. Michael WittenSep 28, 2011
  46. Junio C HamanoSep 28, 2011
  47. Jay SoffianSep 28, 2011
  48. Michael WittenSep 28, 2011
  49. Michael J GruberSep 28, 2011
  50. Junio C HamanoSep 29, 2011
  51. Phil HordSep 29, 2011
  52. Michael WittenSep 29, 2011
  53. Michael WittenSep 29, 2011
  54. Junio C HamanoSep 29, 2011
  55. Michael WittenSep 30, 2011
  56. Junio C HamanoSep 30, 2011
  57. Michael WittenSep 29, 2011

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