From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2024 16:06:58 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] restore: allow --staged on unborn branch
Message-ID: <xmqqle7wcl7h.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <20240206230357.1097505-2-shyamthakkar001@gmail.com>

Ghanshyam Thakkar <shyamthakkar001@gmail.com> writes:

> Some users expect that being on an unborn branch is similar to having an
> empty tree checked out. However, when running "git restore --staged ."
> on unborn branch having staged changes, the follwing error gets printed,
>
>     fatal: could not resolve HEAD

Sounds like a sensible behaviour---there is no HEAD so there is
nothing to resolve.  With "git resetore --staged ." in such a state,
what did the user try to do?  "git reset" (no other arguments)?

BTW, "follwing" -> "following".