From: Jakub Narebski Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 11:36:58 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] docs/checkout: clarify what "non-branch" means Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <200904132340.36191.mlevedahl@gmail.com> Mark Levedahl wrote: > In this vein, I suggest that > $ git checkout --detach master > as a way to get a detached HEAD on branch master is more understandable than > $ git checkout refs/heads/master To detach, use $ git checkout master^0 -- Jakub Narebski Warsaw, Poland ShadeHawk on #git