Re: [PATCH] Detached HEAD (experimental)

On Sat, Jan 06, 2007 at 08:48:15PM +0000, Alan Chandler wrote:

On Saturday 06 January 2007 18:58, J. Bruce Fields wrote:

quoted

If we use the word "branches" for things that you can check out and
commit to, then "remote-tracking branches" are not actually branches.
Argh!

What would be better terminology here?

Why can't we use the terms 'local branch' and 'remote branch'.  We can 
only commit to local branches - you need to push to remote ones.

We'd have to replace "branch" by "local branch" in a lot of
documentation, but that could work.

Though what do you call a branch in a remote repository then, if not a
remote branch?  I suppose it doesn't matter.

--b.