From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.1 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 713B4211B3 for ; Thu, 29 Nov 2018 15:33:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728884AbeK3CjP (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Nov 2018 21:39:15 -0500 Received: from mail-io1-f68.google.com ([209.85.166.68]:45135 "EHLO mail-io1-f68.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1728693AbeK3CjP (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Nov 2018 21:39:15 -0500 Received: by mail-io1-f68.google.com with SMTP id w7so1869070iom.12 for ; Thu, 29 Nov 2018 07:33:30 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=SzuBBiYBRa9pa5SYT84tv1ckEDZaqauNcIEE1SFDJd4=; b=dri/FHuHisEzQDrUx2wf5pyc2n+zSGBgsOvFUKbqV++qwQy2cq/mtqck9IUb6gUkvi JVBcTwX9z9r5AgoiVpVgsNME2UI8dGdR+ml0DyFky1lxFqA5KMysZNInyigmx56//XjU Gfij+Zsqtg5q6f4kjNGlp5U278Ss5yFmaBl6jrNmFnCqZvb2MsL/n5Pib43G9kOt8AWD 54FYV+vfrjecReuw9m//9NM8+UOHgcXiDRia5SX+stG7sqcCoku4qQJ7vu0BykyRCUPJ tuaQo8xCmzfPwBbSBsyFKJDmvUdqK7B/rBW2tc/Jt8SwIfMjpcoAnkpXabhldtjAh7gM gCWw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=SzuBBiYBRa9pa5SYT84tv1ckEDZaqauNcIEE1SFDJd4=; b=ZWUBMR4aCFkJKMlZY79oMVQDt3nubUFYK3qcRMjMyo3M/0gKYT02jXEyqGatEXuxkT KVuC0O/50wXwj6m8Je22IlAgfSyz3VpjRC4G3/KCQZ61KAGdXwrsjeXNYSKGBrBgZDdi R3xrF2mifcL/I9RYN4R6OVzxHxXswD8FszjF+2NffQBPWPY4mPqWKbEUJ1yTIpUdjMKj J/eqgk3JDX39t7XId1DwMEFiAkjIAVv6gGgOR/IylMN0WGJ1dtV/ga+fSNNJX38Cbazz YncFW3ZCh/yAbRUN9tPHBi/x1KVW3Nk52X4eGpxVoI9p4w3KFJ06P8IwRSh+B9ZL0l4U VNWA== X-Gm-Message-State: AA+aEWaEdoeAXpBajNPVKUqmSQEFQlHFEXdfDwYvC4GntwJ2qNdb9WFA oWZq0OduLj28NRAbgiGbXhcvyOa0yeBCNT3YOis= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AFSGD/UapGkkdrokWrHeBJAHxth+6uhSVoYjJUz4TDd9xqHWvEGckHCjsU9qlX7AtePDI6h7lB8XVdMxXAK3lDwAEY4= X-Received: by 2002:a5d:9455:: with SMTP id x21mr529855ior.282.1543505609823; Thu, 29 Nov 2018 07:33:29 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20181120174554.GA29910@duynguyen.home> <20181127165211.24763-1-pclouds@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: From: Duy Nguyen Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2018 16:33:03 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC v2 0/7] Introduce new commands switch-branch and checkout-files To: Stefan Beller Cc: =?UTF-8?B?w4Z2YXIgQXJuZmrDtnLDsCBCamFybWFzb24=?= , Git Mailing List , Junio C Hamano , Thomas Gummerer Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 9:30 PM Stefan Beller wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 12:09 PM Duy Nguyen wrote: > > > > On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 9:01 PM Duy Nguyen wrote: > > > should we do > > > something about detached HEAD in this switch-branch command (or > > > whatever its name will be)? > > > > > > This is usually a confusing concept to new users > > > > And it just occurred to me that perhaps we should call this "unnamed > > branch" (at least at high UI level) instead of detached HEAD. It is > > technically not as accurate, but much better to understand. > > or 'direct' branch? makes me think, what is an indirect branch? > I mean 'detached HEAD' itself is also not correct > as the HEAD points to a valid commit/tag usually, so it is attached to > that content. The detachment comes from the implicit "from a branch". Yeah I guess it's short for "HEAD that is detached from a branch" -- Duy