On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 12:44:34AM -0400, Daniel Barkalow wrote: > +char *get_detached_head_string(void) > +{ > + char *filename = git_path("DETACH_NAME"); > + struct stat st; > + if (stat(filename, &st) || !S_ISREG(st.st_mode)) > + return NULL; > + struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT; > + strbuf_read_file(&buf, filename, st.st_size); > + strbuf_trim(&buf); > + return strbuf_detach(&buf, 0); > +} Would it hurt to tuck this information into HEAD itself, as we already put arbitrary text into FETCH_HEAD? -Peff -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html