On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 09:43:43PM +0100, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
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> +receive.guardCurrentBranch::
> +	If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny to update the ref that
> +	HEAD points to, if HEAD is not detached.  This configuration
> +	variable is set when initializing a non-bare repository.

probably i want too much, but it would be really nice if receive-pack
could just make HEAD detached. so that the user later can do a 'git
checkout -m master' to resolve possible conflicts.