Re: [PATCH 3/3] prevent HEAD reflog to be interpreted as current branch reflog

From: Mark Wooding <mdw@distorted.org.uk>
Date: Feb 3, 2007, 17:07 UTC
Message-ID: <slrnes9ga2.3l6.mdw@metalzone.distorted.org.uk>
In-Reply-To: <200702021611.06029.andyparkins@gmail.com>

Andy Parkins <andyparkins@gmail.com> wrote:

> to do.  Asking for HEAD's reflog should be the same as asking for the 
> pointed-to-branch's reflog.

And what do you do when HEAD is detached?

I mean: I detach HEAD, and then ask about HEAD@{yesterday}. It'd be nonsensical for that to be an error, since HEAD surely did have a value yesterday. But it can't tell me where my current branch head was yesterday, because there isn't a current branch to tell me about.

HEAD@{date} referring to the HEAD reflog is the only sane thing to do.

-- [mdw]

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