From: Michael Witten <mfwitten@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:38:32 GMT
Subject: Re: master^ is not a local branch -- huh?!?
Message-ID: <b4087cc51001291638y5620eb3epd86efe577ab7adb1@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <7viqakcu56.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>

On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 6:29 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> The "state" was not about the work-tree state, but about the
> "detached HEAD" state, which I didn't make it clear.

Maybe we should just introduce people to a more explicit command like
the hypothetical 'update' command I sketch here:

    http://marc.info/?l=git&m=126481166426896&w=2