From: Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2013 14:37:39 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC] Record original ref in detached HEAD
Message-ID: <vpqsj4jqgy4.fsf@grenoble-inp.fr>
In-Reply-To: <1361888897-1821-1-git-send-email-pclouds@gmail.com>

Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> writes:

> Many times I checkout a remote branch, or a tag and after a while I
> forget remember what ref I checked it out from. Saving the original
> ref would help (or is it already saved somewhere?).

It is :-). Try e.g.

  git checkout --detach
  git checkout -

(analogous to "cd -": return back to where you were before)

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Matthieu Moy
http://www-verimag.imag.fr/~moy/