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Re: receive.denyCurrentBranch

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Feb 8, 2009, 10:30 UTC
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<alpine.DEB.1.00.0902081128420.10279@pacific.mpi-cbg.de>
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<20090208042910.19079.qmail@science.horizon.com>
Hi,
On Sat, 7 Feb 2009, George Spelvin wrote:
> (Prompted by the 1.6.2-rc0 announcement.)
> 
> Myself, I always thought the obvious way to handle this problem was to
> detach the HEAD.  Is there a reson there's no "detach" option for this?
It's insane, that's what it is.

You have _no_ business meddling with a remote working directory, _except_ by logging into that machine and working on that working directory _directly_.

If you do not agree, you have not thought about the implications, i.e. what problems you buy.

Ciao, Dscho

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