On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 14:39, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Any comment on my previous rewording patch ($gmane/138369)? > > "Note: '%s' isn't a local branch head: creating a detached HEAD\n" > "If 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); > > A major difference I think is that I avoided a jargon (detached HEAD), and > chose not to say why the input was interpreted as a request to switch to > that state. > > Oh, of course, I also added advice.detachedHEAD to squelch it ;-) > For what it's worth, I'm +1 for this. Especially the ability to squelch it. -- 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