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Diffstat (limited to 'builtin-checkout.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | builtin-checkout.c | 18 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/builtin-checkout.c b/builtin-checkout.c index 527781728e..c5ab7835e1 100644 --- a/builtin-checkout.c +++ b/builtin-checkout.c @@ -488,6 +488,20 @@ static void report_tracking(struct branch_info *new) strbuf_release(&sb); } +static void detach_advice(const char *old_path, const char *new_name) +{ + const char fmt[] = + "Note: checking out '%s'.\n\n" + "You are in 'detached HEAD' state. You can look around, make experimental\n" + "changes and commit them, and you can discard any commits you make in this\n" + "state without impacting any branches by performing another checkout.\n\n" + "If you want to create a new branch to retain commits you create, you may\n" + "do so (now or later) by using -b with the checkout command again. Example:\n\n" + " git checkout -b new_branch_name\n\n"; + + fprintf(stderr, fmt, new_name); +} + static void update_refs_for_switch(struct checkout_opts *opts, struct branch_info *old, struct branch_info *new) @@ -522,8 +536,8 @@ static void update_refs_for_switch(struct checkout_opts *opts, update_ref(msg.buf, "HEAD", new->commit->object.sha1, NULL, REF_NODEREF, DIE_ON_ERR); if (!opts->quiet) { - if (old->path) - fprintf(stderr, "Note: moving to '%s' which isn't a local branch\nIf you want to create a new branch from this checkout, you may do so\n(now or later) by using -b with the checkout command again. Example:\n git checkout -b <new_branch_name>\n", new->name); + if (old->path && advice_detached_head) + detach_advice(old->path, new->name); describe_detached_head("HEAD is now at", new->commit); } } |