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[JGIT] missing feature: writing of a detached HEAD

Subject: [JGIT] missing feature: writing of a detached HEAD

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Mark Struberg· Jul 2, 2009, 21:05 UTC · lore

Hi!

As discussed with Shawn and Ilari on IRC, JGit is currently missing a way to write a detached HEAD.

I need this to implement a checkout of tags with JGit.

txs and LieGrue, strub

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