Re: git in emacs

[Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 6:29 PM, Jakub Narebski<jnareb@gmail.com> wrote:
> Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Ive been trying to use git.el in emacs
>>
>> When I checked out an internal commit (I guess that's called a
>> detached head?) then git-status (in emacs) starts giving me
>>
>> Branch:     fatal: ref HEAD is not a symbolic ref
>>
>> This goes away when I do
>> git reset --hard <original-head-sha> --
>> git checkout master
>>
>> [I'm not sure this the best way of restoring the head]
>
> This probably means that git.el (which version do you use) should
> be corrected.

Ok So I had an old version
Now its version 1.0
But I still get the same error :-(
>
>>
>> But my question is more about git in emacs. I gather that there are 3 options:
>> 1. git.el
>> 2. vc with git backend
>> 3. dvc with git backend
>>
>> Which is best/preferable?
>> Or is it best to stay with the command line?
>
> See http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs-en/Git
>
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> Jakub Narebski
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