From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2025 16:16:42 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/8] builtin/refs: get worktrees without reading head info
Message-ID: <xmqqplk39cwl.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <Z5zQMCRETczMQMxj@ArchLinux>

shejialuo <shejialuo@gmail.com> writes:

> I want to say that we cannot check the content of the "HEAD" itself. If
> the content of "HEAD" is not correct, we cannot detect the current
> directory as a valid git repository. So, there is no need to say "we
> will check the contents of 'HEAD' else where".

Instead you should say "we detected your HEAD is broken" somewhere
in the documentation for this, and then the end-user should get a
message to telling them about the broken HEAD in such a case,
though.