From: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org>
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 21:31:17 GMT
Subject: Re: Re: [PATCH] Docs: git checkout --orphan: `root commit' and `branch head'
Message-ID: <DBCBE20265964ECCA5B9724DAC74D83B@PhilipOakley>
In-Reply-To: <4E823359.7080602@nextest.com>

From: "Eric Raible" <raible@nextest.com>
> On 11:59 AM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> Michael Witten <mfwitten@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> It seems like a more logical approach would be instead for "git
>>> commit" to take a "--root" option that would create a new root commit
>>> based on the current index and then point the current branch head to
>>> the new root commit. Thus:
>>>
>>>   $ git checkout -b new_branch old_branch
>>>   $ # Manipulate or not
>>>   $ git commit --root
>>>
>>> That's how people think.
>
> Not this person.
>
> I like the idea but I'd rather see:
>
> git commit --no-parent
>
> "parent" at least appears in gitk and therefore newcomers will prob
> have a better chance of understanding the intent w/out needing to
> otherwise unnecessary terminology.
> --
I think this feels and sounds sensible.  And better located within the 
'commit' command, rather than 'checkout --orphan' which was more obscure 
(and difficult to find).
Philip