From: Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 13:45:37 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Docs: git checkout --orphan: `root commit' and `branch head'
Message-ID: <vpqty7wok5a.fsf@bauges.imag.fr>
In-Reply-To: <CAMOZ1BvL85xsQpZdez4VJ+dH4NoQ9RkthHY9OsmdnnaZ_tFnFg@mail.gmail.com>

Michael Witten <mfwitten@gmail.com> writes:

> Well, I think Jeff already proferred a solution. We could have:
>
>   git commit --no-parent
[...]

Appart from the safety objections, is the "root commit" senario common
enough to deserve appearing in the user-interface for both "commit" and
"checkout"?

I think "git commit -h" is scary enough as it is ...

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