Subject: Re: [PATCH] detached HEAD -- finishing touches

From: Theodore Tso <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 20:16:09 -0500

On Thu, Feb 01, 2007 at 05:11:09PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Didn't I already point out that you can have a precious
> information while on the detached HEAD without making any
> commit, and that is the reason why we do not use the
> reachability crud from refs when deciding to issue the message?

Sorry, I must be dense.  Exactly what precious information can be ever
be lost in the following sequence:

git checkout HEAD~1
git checkout master

such that it want to train users to be typing

git checkout -f master

instead?

						- Ted