Enis Bayramoğlu venit, vidit, dixit 11.04.2017 10:57: > I've encountered a very misleading output from `git status`. Here's a > sequence of events that demonstrates the issue: > > $ git --version > git version 2.12.0 > > $ git checkout origin/master > > $ git status > HEAD detached from origin/master > nothing to commit, working directory clean Hmm. My Git would display "detached at" here as long as you are on the commit that you detached from. > $ git merge --ff f3515b749be861b57fc70c2341c1234eeb0d5b87 > > $ git status > HEAD detached from origin/master > nothing to commit, working directory clean > > $ git rev-parse origin/master > e1dc1baaadee0f1aef2d5c45d068306025d11f67 > > $ git rev-parse HEAD > 786cb6dd09897e0950a2bdc971f0665a059efd33 > > I think it's extremely misleading that `git status` simply reports > "HEAD detached from origin/master" while this simply happens to be a > mildly relevant fact about some past state. > > Thanks and regards > Well, what do you suggest as an alternative? Git tells you that you are in detached state and where you came from (detached from). Michael