From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2015 20:44:30 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/9] refs: Introduce pseudoref and per-worktree ref concepts
Message-ID: <xmqqegjxl1zl.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <1437768818.1141.14.camel@twopensource.com>

David Turner <dturner@twopensource.com> writes:

> I meant "and that contain a line consisting of a SHA" to exclude HEAD,
> but I need to add a "always" in there, since detached HEAD would
> otherwise apply.

I do not think "always" is as a good escape hatch as an explicit
exclusion of "HEAD".  The latter is more direct and to the point.