Re: [PATCH v3 1/8] clone: teach --detach option

From: Glen Choo <chooglen@google.com>
Date: Oct 28, 2022, 22:55 UTC
Message-ID: <kl6lbkpvd0de.fsf@chooglen-macbookpro.roam.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqq7d0jhaw6.fsf@gitster.g>

Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:

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> Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
>
>> Wouldn't it the same thing to do "git clone -n && git checkout
>> --detach"?
>
> Not exactly.  It still creates the initial branch and points HEAD at
> it.  It is so close, which is a bit disappointing, though.

Yes. I was quite hopeful that "git clone -n" would just do the right thing too :/

I'm guessing that changing the behavior of "git clone -n" is a non-option, since there may be users relying on it.

So a better way forward is to add the new flag, which I imagine might be useful to certain end users.

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