Re: [git-users] Problem with git checkout --orphan
On Thu, 6 Jun 2013 14:51:50 -0400 wor...@alum.mit.edu (Dale R. Worley) wrote: [...] $ git --version git version 1.7.7.6 [...] $ # Try to create an orphaned branch. This fails. $ git checkout --orphan first-new-branch fatal: You are on a branch yet to be born Works for me with Git 1.8.1: C:\tmp\foogit init Initialized empty Git repository in C:/tmp/foo/.git/ C:\tmp\foogit checkout --orphan foo Switched to a new branch 'foo' C:\tmp\foogit checkout --orphan foo2 Switched to a new branch 'foo2' C:\tmp\foogit checkout --orphan foo3 Switched to a new branch 'foo3' C:\tmp\foogit --version git version 1.8.1.msysgit.1 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Git for human beings group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to git-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: [git-users] Problem with git checkout --orphan
From: Konstantin Khomoutov flatw...@users.sourceforge.net Works for me with Git 1.8.1: Good. I will check again when I upgrade to Git =1.8.1. Dale -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Git for human beings group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to git-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: [git-users] Problem with git checkout --orphan
On Fri, 7 Jun 2013 11:30:38 -0400 wor...@alum.mit.edu (Dale R. Worley) wrote: From: Konstantin Khomoutov flatw...@users.sourceforge.net Works for me with Git 1.8.1: Good. I will check again when I upgrade to Git =1.8.1. Looks like that was fixed by commit abe1998 [1] (and further improved since -- just do `git log --grep unborn -F` on Git master). 1. https://github.com/git/git/commit/abe1998 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Git for human beings group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to git-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[git-users] Problem with git checkout --orphan
When you want to create a new branch that has no ancestors, you use git checkout --orphan to set the repository in a state where the next commit will have no parents. However, it appears that one can only do git checkout --orphan only if the *current* state will *not* create an orphan commit. This makes no sense, because the current repository state has nothing to do with setting up the next state. Here is a script that shows the problem: $ git --version git version 1.7.7.6 $ # Make a test directory. $ DIR=temp.$$ $ mkdir $DIR $ cd $DIR $ # Create a new repository. $ rm -rf .git $ git init Initialized empty Git repository in /common/home/worley/git-checkout/temp.19517/.git/ $ # Try to create an orphaned branch. This fails. $ git checkout --orphan first-new-branch fatal: You are on a branch yet to be born $ # Create a commit on branch master. (We are still on master.) $ git commit --allow-empty -m 'Empty commit.' [master (root-commit) db3f0dd] Empty commit. $ # Try to create an orphaned branch. This succeeds. $ git checkout --orphan second-new-branch Switched to a new branch 'second-new-branch' $ # Show the Git status. $ git branch master $ cat .git/HEAD ref: refs/heads/second-new-branch $ # But now we can't create another orphaned branch! $ git checkout --orphan third-new-branch fatal: You are on a branch yet to be born $ Dale -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Git for human beings group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to git-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
