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

> On Thu, 15 Oct 2009, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> 
> > Daniel Barkalow <barkalow@iabervon.org> writes:
> > 
> > >  $ git checkout origin/master
> > >  $ git fetch
> > >  $ git checkout origin/next
> > >  Uncommited file '...' would be overwritten.
> > >
> > > If HEAD is a symref to refs/remotes/origin/master, and you update 
> > > refs/remotes/origin/master, git will subsequently see that your index 
> > > doesn't match HEAD, and when you switch branches, it will try to apply a 
> > > revert to the branch you're switching to. It's the same issue as pushing 
> > > into a non-bare repository.
> > 
> > I think the idea here is to allow HEAD to point at outside refs/heads/,
> > e.g. refs/remotes/origin/master, but forbid commit and other commands from
> > updating HEAD and its underlying ref via update_ref() unless HEAD is
> > detached or points at a local branch.
> 
>  $ git checkout origin/master
>  $ git fetch
>  (Some error)