Re: [PATCH 4/3] bisect: use a detached HEAD to bisect

From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date: May 23, 2008, 15:27 UTC
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.1.10.0805230823330.3081@woody.linux-foundation.org>
In-Reply-To: <7v3ao9twfa.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>

On Thu, 22 May 2008, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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> One potential worry/downside is "bisect visualize".  Because <bisect>
> branch was used for bisection, the _current_ commit has always been
> indicated with a label.  HEAD would not get any special label in gitk,
> would it?

This is a general problem in gitk.

It's worse than not showing a label, btw. If it doesn't realize what the HEAD is (and it won't), it also doesn't show the fake "uncommitted changes" commit(s).

Test by doing something like

	git checkout HEAD^
	echo "Dummy change" >> Makefile
	gitk

and note the lack of both pointer to detached head and the lack of notice about local uncommitted changes.

Paul?

		Linus