Doing: $ git checkout HEAD^ Generates the following message: |warning: you are not on ANY branch anymore. |If you meant to create a new branch from the commit, you need -b to |associate a new branch with the wanted checkout. Example: | git checkout -b <new_branch_name> HEAD^ Of course if the user does as told at this point the created branch won't be located at the expected commit. Reword this message a bit to avoid such confusion. Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@xxxxxxx> --- diff --git a/git-checkout.sh b/git-checkout.sh index c52f352..1929424 100755 --- a/git-checkout.sh +++ b/git-checkout.sh @@ -156,9 +156,9 @@ then if test -n "$oldbranch" then detach_warn="warning: you are not on ANY branch anymore. -If you meant to create a new branch from the commit, you need -b to -associate a new branch with the wanted checkout. Example: - git checkout -b <new_branch_name> $arg" +If you meant to create a new branch from this checkout, you may still do +so (now or later) by using -b with the checkout command again. Example: + git checkout -b <new_branch_name>" fi elif test -z "$oldbranch" && test -n "$branch" then - 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