Re: [PATCH] Docs: git checkout --orphan: `root commit' and `branch head'

>> Even if you use it normally:
>>
>> # I want to create a new root commit with a different tree
>> git checkout -b new-project
>> # hack for a while
>> git status
>> # ?!? why are files shown as 'deleted', 'moved', 'modified', I said I
>> # was creating a new project!
>>
>> Also, with your proposal, we would need to add two flags to "commit"
>> (--no-parent and --force), which is one of the first command beginners
>> learn, while in the current state we have just one for "checkout" to do
>> the trick, and newbies do not use or read the doc for checkout, so it's
>> not scary for them.
>
> Well, those are mildly interesting scenarios. I can only say that I don't
> think we should cater to people who either have amnesia or work casually
> on a repository for short bursts every few months or so.