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Update Git's detached HEAD help message #1492

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12 changes: 9 additions & 3 deletions book/02-git-basics/sections/tagging.asc
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Expand Up @@ -263,16 +263,22 @@ If you want to view the versions of files a tag is pointing to, you can do a `gi
[source,console]
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$ git checkout v2.0.0
Note: checking out 'v2.0.0'.
Note: switching to 'v2.0.0'.

You are in 'detached HEAD' state. You can look around, make experimental
changes and commit them, and you can discard any commits you make in this
state without impacting any branches by performing another checkout.

If you want to create a new branch to retain commits you create, you may
do so (now or later) by using -b with the checkout command again. Example:
do so (now or later) by using -c with the switch command. Example:

git checkout -b <new-branch>
git switch -c <new-branch-name>

Or undo this operation with:

git switch -

Turn off this advice by setting config variable advice.detachedHead to false

HEAD is now at 99ada87... Merge pull request #89 from schacon/appendix-final

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