narrow window where HEAD is detached

narrow window where HEAD is detached

Updating an adjusted branch can take a while when there are a lot of
files. HEAD was detached at the start, so if eg git-annex sync was
interrupted at the wrong point, there was a possibly wide window where
it would leave the repo with HEAD detached.

There's still a window, just much narrower. I don't know if it's
possible to close the window entirely. While git can clearly update
the currently checked out branch in eg git merge, it doesn't seem to
provide another way to do it.

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