Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/8] clone: teach --detach option

From: Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2022 14:54:33 -0700

Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]> writes:

> Wouldn't it the same thing to do "git clone -n && git checkout
> --detach"?

Not exactly.  It still creates the initial branch and points HEAD at
it.  It is so close, which is a bit disappointing, though.