Re: [PATCH] Detached HEAD (experimental)

Carl Worth [off-list ref] writes:

I don't actually prefer "no commit allowed". I just didn't want the
user to have to explicitly disable the safety before being able to
perform a checkout based on a tag.

Ok, then I think we are in agreement that the safety should be
at the point where the user might leave the detached state.

I am still interested in this feature, so I will try to find time to
come back with a revised version of your patch with the missing safety
check (and without requiring -d on checkout). Thanks again for this
initial take on the problem. (Though if anyone else beats me to it, I
certainly will not be offended.)

Sounds good.  

I do not mind losing -d, but I would suggest that there should
be a message that says "you are no longer on any branch" after a
checkout that makes the head detached.  The user should be
warned about such an unusal situation.