From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.6 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI, T_DKIM_INVALID shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id A75751F517 for ; Mon, 11 Jun 2018 17:35:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932768AbeFKRfo (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Jun 2018 13:35:44 -0400 Received: from mail-wr0-f195.google.com ([209.85.128.195]:34469 "EHLO mail-wr0-f195.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932682AbeFKRfm (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Jun 2018 13:35:42 -0400 Received: by mail-wr0-f195.google.com with SMTP id a12-v6so21283795wro.1 for ; Mon, 11 Jun 2018 10:35:42 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=sender:from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id :user-agent:mime-version; bh=v4nyeuMDL9FncA1qd6kMpPInhQF+/EJPiiKNddV1g1M=; b=eU2vFRTN3qqy2LneVS/gbIgGoKLGU9i5Lvp1cAB0uRPpjt9a++JpcCmPJgFrUKgPCv /+y3SNw0p4yjL/aCKThXShes/SL6/pkXHIobF/nUjmQVaJenVJxPkBfr07MgGqKWpU6F AslJrIhizUUB6eQLSTXqhOq13lgHydBQtkOF0mf7Lr8A19RYS7g3f3UxykgOvdoOXZ7L bMvfxq1BUwXMNs0OwcMszo+ynA+pzFjN9+BSrxcYIdWAnr+Z0LfXpeQAf6JTSLOT16DI /WyCmXavkpmWLLjrMaKvmCSZoYEdgJNip/DxHhE5Vuz3vvlDdys1636gEqFFSIXd46CL /g1g== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:sender:from:to:cc:subject:references:date :in-reply-to:message-id:user-agent:mime-version; bh=v4nyeuMDL9FncA1qd6kMpPInhQF+/EJPiiKNddV1g1M=; b=rSI/mz7nDVBGsaEbD/afLSApFvlATjsoZbOSTtD6YZ7ZKVhubxsqeUkjHA7gUbvtDb D5qxgVjNgmexbkqkPjEhTF53LTxkzzAlZu0JBzbgX2rMVkGgKiY0CF1K+gEV3gGflz0S tHt7SrYsyesGojVO+dzBWabnu7BQjDQktbi+jT24JuY8T1w+uBLE2TEtLehdALhEMK5o /CU2HDQotfnv1KkE9jCmN3Y43a67NWxt0bKe5fV7GrC6oyURfFtcEmrlR8dwWCM0HskG pN5DtVJIaW+eEBSEVul2dBNtItHcyr0YMV892+lIQAe4KxiHrQADNEIAw6rzeNG/HAdo X6+g== X-Gm-Message-State: APt69E3RVMcSRe1ub99qNeitMWBEfeFjQrg2MPmfol20Me4qsnMXpq4q MOGrjr2KIBCbUrjlXK56kIA= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ADUXVKI3zgp5vCNeX7FH0M6kzhSMvjC6rthIlZYPreMStpF11F1nW46ud6cEr1jXgJlZPXweI0XrVA== X-Received: by 2002:adf:b310:: with SMTP id j16-v6mr63406wrd.207.1528738541489; Mon, 11 Jun 2018 10:35:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (112.68.155.104.bc.googleusercontent.com. [104.155.68.112]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 72-v6sm62925001wrb.22.2018.06.11.10.35.40 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Mon, 11 Jun 2018 10:35:40 -0700 (PDT) From: Junio C Hamano To: Jeff King Cc: Sean Hunt , git@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Where is git checkout --orphan implemented at. References: <2ED916AA-3E6A-4E22-9B9B-13C3B687B357@icloud.com> <20180605175435.GA22321@sigill.intra.peff.net> Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2018 10:35:40 -0700 In-Reply-To: <20180605175435.GA22321@sigill.intra.peff.net> (Jeff King's message of "Tue, 5 Jun 2018 13:54:36 -0400") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Jeff King writes: > If you don't even have symbolic-ref handy, you can do: > > echo "ref: refs/heads/new-branch" >.git/HEAD > > That's not generally recommended, since future versions of Git may > change the ref storage format, but it would work with any current > version of Git. Makes one wonder if it really "works" if .git/HEAD was created by older version of Git or in a repository where prefer-symlink-refs is enabled, though ;-)