# [BUG?] Detaching head at checked out point does not work. 5 messages from 2007-05-12 to 2007-05-12. Participants: Jan Hudec, Junio C Hamano. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/8116 ## Jan Hudec, 2007-05-12 17:21 Subject: [BUG?] Detaching head at checked out point does not work. Message-ID: <20070512172105.GB32764@efreet.light.src> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20070512172105.GB32764%40efreet.light.src ``` Hello, I can correctly detach head by saying: git checkout master^0 (or git checkout master^{} or git checkout refs/heads/master), but NONE of these work, if I currently have master checked out. Shouldn't it detach anyway? Regards, Jan -- Jan 'Bulb' Hudec ``` ## Junio C Hamano, 2007-05-12 18:26 Subject: Re: [BUG?] Detaching head at checked out point does not work. Message-ID: <7v7ird2902.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/7v7ird2902.fsf%40assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net In-Reply-To: <20070512172105.GB32764@efreet.light.src> ``` Jan Hudec writes: > Hello, > > I can correctly detach head by saying: > > git checkout master^0 > > (or git checkout master^{} or git checkout refs/heads/master), but NONE of > these work, if I currently have master checked out. Shouldn't it detach > anyway? Yes, and it does as far as I know. Do you have 3e0318a3? commit 3e0318a3613ae8e89dcb1fc39d909145e64287b9 Author: Junio C Hamano Date: Thu Mar 29 01:02:50 2007 -0700 checkout: allow detaching to HEAD even when switching to the tip of a branch You cannot currently checkout the tip of an existing branch without moving to the branch. This allows you to detach your HEAD and place it at such a commit, with: $ git checkout master^0 Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano ``` ## Jan Hudec, 2007-05-12 19:18 Subject: Re: [BUG?] Detaching head at checked out point does not work. Message-ID: <20070512191833.GA8983@efreet.light.src> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20070512191833.GA8983%40efreet.light.src In-Reply-To: <7v7ird2902.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> ``` On Sat, May 12, 2007 at 11:26:53 -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Jan Hudec writes: > > > Hello, > > > > I can correctly detach head by saying: > > > > git checkout master^0 > > > > (or git checkout master^{} or git checkout refs/heads/master), but NONE of > > these work, if I currently have master checked out. Shouldn't it detach > > anyway? > > Yes, and it does as far as I know. > > Do you have 3e0318a3? It does not seem to be in 1.5.1.4, so no, I don't. I apologise for not looking whether head has a fix. -- Jan 'Bulb' Hudec ``` ## Junio C Hamano, 2007-05-12 19:35 Subject: Re: [BUG?] Detaching head at checked out point does not work. Message-ID: <7vd515ygw5.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/7vd515ygw5.fsf%40assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net In-Reply-To: <20070512191833.GA8983@efreet.light.src> ``` Jan Hudec writes: > On Sat, May 12, 2007 at 11:26:53 -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: >> Jan Hudec writes: >> >> > I can correctly detach head by saying: >> > >> > git checkout master^0 >> > >> > (or git checkout master^{} or git checkout refs/heads/master), but NONE of >> > these work, if I currently have master checked out. Shouldn't it detach >> > anyway? >> >> Yes, and it does as far as I know. >> >> Do you have 3e0318a3? > > It does not seem to be in 1.5.1.4, so no, I don't. As that commit is directly on top of v1.5.1, I think it may not hurt to cherry-pick that single commit to 'maint' for 1.5.1.5, although some may argue that it is not strictly a bugfix but a new feature. ``` ## Jan Hudec, 2007-05-12 20:18 Subject: Re: [BUG?] Detaching head at checked out point does not work. Message-ID: <20070512201815.GC8983@efreet.light.src> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20070512201815.GC8983%40efreet.light.src In-Reply-To: <7vd515ygw5.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> ``` On Sat, May 12, 2007 at 12:35:22 -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Jan Hudec writes: > > > On Sat, May 12, 2007 at 11:26:53 -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > >> Jan Hudec writes: > >> > >> > I can correctly detach head by saying: > >> > > >> > git checkout master^0 > >> > > >> > (or git checkout master^{} or git checkout refs/heads/master), but NONE of > >> > these work, if I currently have master checked out. Shouldn't it detach > >> > anyway? > >> > >> Yes, and it does as far as I know. > >> > >> Do you have 3e0318a3? > > > > It does not seem to be in 1.5.1.4, so no, I don't. > > As that commit is directly on top of v1.5.1, I think it may not > hurt to cherry-pick that single commit to 'maint' for 1.5.1.5, > although some may argue that it is not strictly a bugfix but a > new feature. I would not call it a new feature, since it worked if I had something else than master checked out. It is not a regression though and given that 1.5.2 is getting closer I'm not sure it's worth bothering. -- Jan 'Bulb' Hudec ```