| commit | 75ce14957507bc310ad118df08c4a85fd9cedc0d | |
| author | Kaartic Sivaraam <kaartic.sivaraam@gmail.com> | |
| Mon, 27 Nov 2017 17:28:33 +0000 (27 22:58 +0530) | ||
| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | |
| Tue, 28 Nov 2017 02:33:12 +0000 (28 11:33 +0900) | ||
| tree | f0137d3aad019a1764b7134d6b4c9170f55dce40 | treesnapshot (tar.gz zip) |
| parent | 9752ad0bb79f680bca48db7adc45338b298304b0 | commitdiff |
Doc/checkout: checking out using @{-N} can lead to detached state
@{-N} is a syntax for the N-th last "checkout" and not the N-th
last "branch". Therefore, in some cases using `git checkout @{-$N}`
DOES lead to a "detached HEAD" state. This can also be ensured by
the commit message of 75d6e552a (Documentation: @{-N} can refer to
a commit, 2014-01-19) which clearly specifies how @{-N} can be used
to refer not only to a branch but also to a commit.
Correct the misleading sentence which states that @{-N} doesn't
detach HEAD.
Signed-off-by: Kaartic Sivaraam <kaartic.sivaraam@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
@{-N} is a syntax for the N-th last "checkout" and not the N-th
last "branch". Therefore, in some cases using `git checkout @{-$N}`
DOES lead to a "detached HEAD" state. This can also be ensured by
the commit message of 75d6e552a (Documentation: @{-N} can refer to
a commit, 2014-01-19) which clearly specifies how @{-N} can be used
to refer not only to a branch but also to a commit.
Correct the misleading sentence which states that @{-N} doesn't
detach HEAD.
Signed-off-by: Kaartic Sivaraam <kaartic.sivaraam@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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