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Re: [PATCH] recursive submodules: detach HEAD from new state

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jul 24, 2017, 20:57 UTC
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Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> writes:
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>>  Are you saying
>> the current behavior of updating whatever branch HEAD is on (which,
>> don't get me wrong, is a wrong behavior that needs fixing) bypassed
>> the reflog?
>
> No, I am not saying that.
> I am saying that updating an unrelated branch (which is dragged into
> the affair just because HEAD points at it) is very subtle thing, as any
> commits on that branch can be considered safe (it is on a branch, right?)
> but the detached HEAD is the default unsafe mode we currently have.

Then it is not a data loss as you claimed in the proposed log message, but is something else, no?

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Message 4 of 13 in “recursive submodules: detach HEAD from new state”
  1. recursive submodules: detach HEAD from new stateStefan Beller, Jul 24, 2017
  2. Jonathan NiederJul 24, 2017
  3. Stefan BellerJul 24, 2017
  4. Junio C HamanoJul 24, 2017
  5. Junio C HamanoJul 24, 2017
  6. Junio C HamanoJul 24, 2017
  7. Stefan BellerJul 25, 2017
  8. Junio C HamanoJul 26, 2017
  9. Jonathan NiederNov 21, 2017
  10. Stefan BellerNov 21, 2017
  11. Jonathan NiederNov 21, 2017
  12. Stefan BellerNov 21, 2017
  13. Junio C HamanoNov 22, 2017

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