Git push error '[remote rejected] master -> master (branch is currently checked out)'

Question

Yesterday, I posted a question on how to clone a Git repository from one of my machines to another, How can I \'git clone\' from another machine?.

I am now

Answer 1

I like the idea of still having a usable repository on the remote box, but instead of a dummy branch, I like to use:

git checkout --detach

This seems to be a very new feature of Git - I'm using git version 1.7.7.4.