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dmusican / Elegit

A GUI client for people who want to learn Git.
MIT License
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Change how HEAD should be shown in commit tree and top buttons, especially in detached head state #482

Open dmusican opened 7 years ago

dmusican commented 7 years ago

We're not showing HEAD in the commit tree. We likely should.

calebbraun commented 7 years ago

Research precisely what HEAD is (branch? commit?). In Elegit is "local branch" HEAD? Poke around via command line too.

dmusican commented 7 years ago

Why does HEAD only show in Elegit when it is not at a (regular) branch? Is it a special case in our code, or is natural in some way?

Is showing "local branch" in the left pane the right way to do this when HEAD is pointing at a non-(major) branch?

If HEAD and local branch are the same, do we want both?

I know that people have said to me "Where is HEAD?"

Show "local branch" say HEAD? I dunno. Probably not.

dmusican commented 7 years ago

Specific task. Based on above-learned info, what should Elegit do? Define.

dmusican commented 7 years ago

Talked about it, now implementing