Re: What's cooking in git.git (Jan 2012, #08; Tue, 31)

Junio C Hamano [off-list ref] writes:

What's cooking in git.git (Jan 2012, #08; Tue, 31)
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[Graduated to "master"]

* nd/clone-detached (2012-01-24) 12 commits
  (merged to 'next' on 2012-01-26 at 7b0cc8a)
 + clone: fix up delay cloning conditions
  (merged to 'next' on 2012-01-23 at bee31c6)
 + push: do not let configured foreign-vcs permanently clobbered
  (merged to 'next' on 2012-01-23 at 9cab64e)
 + clone: print advice on checking out detached HEAD
 + clone: allow --branch to take a tag
 + clone: refuse to clone if --branch points to bogus ref
 + clone: --branch=<branch> always means refs/heads/<branch>
 + clone: delay cloning until after remote HEAD checking
 + clone: factor out remote ref writing
 + clone: factor out HEAD update code
 + clone: factor out checkout code
 + clone: write detached HEAD in bare repositories
 + t5601: add missing && cascade

"git clone" learned to detach the HEAD in the resulting repository when
the source repository's HEAD does not point to a branch.

It turns out that this series, as a side effect, fixes a long-standing bug
that the --branch option cannot be used with the --mirror option.

I am tempted to merge it also to 1.7.9.1 maintenance track. The issue is
minor (you can always clone with --mirror and then switch the branch with
"checkout") and it does not look like it warrants further backpointing to
1.7.8 and older releases, though.

Comments and/or objections?