"git status" and "git branch" let the user know when the HEAD is detached, as well as the current branch, while "git log --decorate" does not. Change the decoration by a non-detached HEAD pointing to branch foo to "HEAD->foo". This can be seen as giving more information about the decoration item itself in the same way as we prefix tags by "tag: ". Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Notes: v2 decorates the HEAD pointing to master as "HEAD->master", a detached HEAD just as "HEAD". The "->" hopefully conveys the symlink nature - a "=" would be confusing. Somehow I still prefer "detached HEAD", dunno. Maybe in addition? Note that now a checked branch is listed twice, once as target of the HEAD, once as branch: They are two different refs and colored differently. log-tree.c | 8 +++++++- t/t4013/diff.log_--decorate=full_--all | 2 +- t/t4013/diff.log_--decorate_--all | 2 +- t/t4207-log-decoration-colors.sh | 2 +- 4 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/log-tree.c b/log-tree.c index 7f0890e..38862bb 100644 --- a/log-tree.c +++ b/log-tree.c @@ -118,8 +118,11 @@ static int add_ref_decoration(const char *refname, const unsigned char *sha1, in type = DECORATION_REF_TAG; else if (!strcmp(refname, "refs/stash")) type = DECORATION_REF_STASH; - else if (!strcmp(refname, "HEAD")) + else if (!strcmp(refname, "HEAD")) { + unsigned char junk_sha1[20]; type = DECORATION_REF_HEAD; + refname = resolve_ref_unsafe("HEAD", 0, junk_sha1, NULL); + } if (!cb_data || *(int *)cb_data == DECORATE_SHORT_REFS) refname = prettify_refname(refname); @@ -198,6 +201,9 @@ void format_decorations_extended(struct strbuf *sb, strbuf_addstr(sb, decorate_get_color(use_color, decoration->type)); if (decoration->type == DECORATION_REF_TAG) strbuf_addstr(sb, "tag: "); + else if (decoration->type == DECORATION_REF_HEAD && + strcmp(decoration->name, "HEAD")) + strbuf_addstr(sb, "HEAD->"); strbuf_addstr(sb, decoration->name); strbuf_addstr(sb, color_reset); prefix = separator; diff --git a/t/t4013/diff.log_--decorate=full_--all b/t/t4013/diff.log_--decorate=full_--all index 44d4525..3758ae9 100644 --- a/t/t4013/diff.log_--decorate=full_--all +++ b/t/t4013/diff.log_--decorate=full_--all @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Date: Mon Jun 26 00:06:00 2006 +0000 Rearranged lines in dir/sub -commit 59d314ad6f356dd08601a4cd5e530381da3e3c64 (HEAD, refs/heads/master) +commit 59d314ad6f356dd08601a4cd5e530381da3e3c64 (HEAD->refs/heads/master, refs/heads/master) Merge: 9a6d494 c7a2ab9 Author: A U Thor <author@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon Jun 26 00:04:00 2006 +0000 diff --git a/t/t4013/diff.log_--decorate_--all b/t/t4013/diff.log_--decorate_--all index 27d3eab..df702ae 100644 --- a/t/t4013/diff.log_--decorate_--all +++ b/t/t4013/diff.log_--decorate_--all @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Date: Mon Jun 26 00:06:00 2006 +0000 Rearranged lines in dir/sub -commit 59d314ad6f356dd08601a4cd5e530381da3e3c64 (HEAD, master) +commit 59d314ad6f356dd08601a4cd5e530381da3e3c64 (HEAD->master, master) Merge: 9a6d494 c7a2ab9 Author: A U Thor <author@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon Jun 26 00:04:00 2006 +0000 diff --git a/t/t4207-log-decoration-colors.sh b/t/t4207-log-decoration-colors.sh index 925f577..0437ff2 100755 --- a/t/t4207-log-decoration-colors.sh +++ b/t/t4207-log-decoration-colors.sh @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ test_expect_success setup ' ' cat >expected <<EOF -${c_commit}COMMIT_ID${c_reset}${c_commit} (${c_HEAD}HEAD${c_reset}${c_commit},\ +${c_commit}COMMIT_ID${c_reset}${c_commit} (${c_HEAD}HEAD->master${c_reset}${c_commit},\ ${c_tag}tag: v1.0${c_reset}${c_commit},\ ${c_tag}tag: B${c_reset}${c_commit},\ ${c_branch}master${c_reset}${c_commit})${c_reset} B -- 2.3.1.303.g5174db1 -- 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