Re: [PATCH 5/5] docs/checkout: clarify what "non-branch" means

On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 01:36:58PM +0200, Jakub Narebski wrote:

quoted

In this vein, I suggest that
      $ git checkout --detach master
as a way to get a detached HEAD on branch master is more understandable than
      $ git checkout refs/heads/master

To detach, use
        $ git checkout master^0

I have often though a "--detach" would be useful, just because the ref^0
syntax is so mysterious (and yes, _I_ know what it does, but explaining
why it works to a novice git user is just painful).

-Peff