From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2017 20:57:11 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] recursive submodules: detach HEAD from new state
Message-ID: <xmqqinihd048.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAGZ79kaYzHzSdDZuMpM6UFXLon0SME-nC=9_09PLhLEADfuscw@mail.gmail.com>

Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> writes:

>>  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?