From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Wed, 27 May 2020 15:44:27 GMT
Subject: Re: 'HEAD' is not a commit (according to git-checkout)
Message-ID: <xmqqimghmlgk.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <20200527065210.GC4005121@coredump.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

> On Sun, May 24, 2020 at 09:15:33AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
>> So, should we allow a random upstream & start-point combination?  It
>> appears to me that as long as they share _some_ common ancestory, it
>> may make sense.
>
> But wouldn't just about any two tips in a repository share some common
> ancestry?

Yes, we are on the same page; the above was my round-about way to
say that it does not look useful to restrict the allowed combination
in order to give us some safety.

Thanks.