From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 18:00:29 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Add a few more values for receive.denyCurrentBranch
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In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.1.00.1411121209330.13845@s15462909.onlinehome-server.info>

Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

> Okay, here is my explanation: at the time I wanted to disprove that
> updateInstead could make sense, I wanted to offer a milder version of
> updating the current branch that left the working directory alone:
> detachInstead.
>
> Now, I never used it myself, but I use updateInstead extensively.

Sounds like updateInstead turned out to be useful enough to make
a "possibly more cautious" detachInstead unnecessary?  It probably
makes sense not to add it in that case, I would think.