On 18 December 2013 08:56, Ralf Hemmecke <hemme...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> 6. And then create a new branch, say "my_branch", to work (do the review) >>> on, if I choose not to work "detached": >>> >>> git checkout -b my_branch FETCH_HEAD > > Right. And I don't know why one ever seriously wants to work detached. > Detached work is always in danger of being garbage collected via git gc. > It's simply too easy to create and remove branches. > > git branch my_branch > git branch -D my_branch
I'm glad that you said that, since I had always thought that the "detached HEAD" situation was one which would only arise either by mistake, or for a specific special purpose and a short time only, while some people who clearly know what they are doing (e.g. Volker) have referred to detached HEAD as a normal situation. John > > Ralf > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "sage-devel" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
