Re: [PATCH] Proof-of-concept patch to remember what the detached HEAD was

From: Nicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net>
Date: Oct 14, 2009, 20:18 UTC
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.0910141616530.20122@xanadu.home>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LNX.2.00.0910141509200.32515@iabervon.org>

On Wed, 14 Oct 2009, Daniel Barkalow wrote:

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> On Wed, 14 Oct 2009, Jay Soffian wrote:
> 
> > $ git commit -m "blah"
> > Cannot commit while not on any branch. Please use git commit -b <branch> to
> > specify the name of a new branch to commit to, or use git commit -f to
> > force a detached commit.
> 
> The difference is that some experienced users depend on being able to 
> commit while not on a branch, and want to not get a warning for every 
> commit while not on a branch.

I assume that the -f would silence any warning?

Nicolas

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