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git-checkout.txt: improve detached HEAD documentation
authorJay Soffian <jaysoffian@gmail.com>
Sun, 20 Feb 2011 05:21:50 +0000 (00:21 -0500)
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Tue, 22 Feb 2011 05:57:19 +0000 (21:57 -0800)
commitbe8ef33c1deabf34a82e4af98bd35243939ed9a5
tree7959133cfbfde3970ef9dfe2bfabde550893f9ebtree | snapshot
parent5673d695fcce217b26d1a5956c1184ff62dc74f1commit | diff
git-checkout.txt: improve detached HEAD documentation

The detached HEAD state is a source of much confusion for users
new to git. Here we try to document it better.

Reworked from http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/138440

Requested-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net>
Signed-off-by: Jay Soffian <jaysoffian@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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