Subject: Re: [PATCH] Detached HEAD (experimental)

From: "Shawn O. Pearce" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 20:07:25 -0500

"J. Bruce Fields" <[email-masked]> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 07:34:33PM -0500, Shawn O. Pearce wrote:
> > Unfortunately .git/logs/HEAD wouldn't be created by default as its
> > not under refs/heads or refs/remotes.  Though it could be made to be
> > on by default, in which case it would only log changes while HEAD
> > is detached.  If HEAD is attached to a branch then .git/logs/HEAD
> > wouldn't be appended to (or even created), while the branch's own
> > log is still appended to.
> 
> That would also provide all the needed "safety valve" on git checkout,
> wouldn't it?  Since you could always recover from
> 
> 	git checkout v1.4.0
> 	git commit -m -a 'some changes'
> 	git checkout 41.2.0
> 
> by looking back through the reflog for HEAD.

Yes.  Then that removes my desire for a safety check in reset,
(which Linus doesn't want) thereby making both of us happy.

-- 
Shawn.