Jeff King wrote: > Jonathan, do you want to roll all of these up into a single patch? Sounds good. > +++ b/t/t2020-checkout-detach.sh [...] > +check_detached() { > + ! git symbolic-ref -q HEAD >/dev/null > +} > + > +check_not_detached() { > + ! check_detached > +} To be pedantic, I'll put check_detached () { test_must_fail git symbolic-ref -q HEAD >/dev/null } check_not_detached () { git symbolic-ref -q HEAD >/dev/null } and add some more paranoid tests: test_expect_success 'checkout --detach without branch name detaches' ' reset && git checkout --detach && check_detached ' test_expect_success 'checkout --detach catches error in usage' ' reset && git checkout master && test_must_fail git checkout --detach tag nonsense && check_not_detached ' test_expect_success 'checkout --detach moves HEAD' ' reset && git checkout one && git checkout --detach two && git diff --exit-code HEAD && git diff --exit-code two ' -- 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