From: Magne Land <magne.land@xxxxxxxxxxxx> This can happen when using 'git rebase -i’: could not detach HEAD Based on discovering this Stack Overflow discussion: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25561485/git-rebase-i-with-squash-cannot-detach-head --- Documentation/githooks.txt | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/githooks.txt b/Documentation/githooks.txt index f877f7b7cd19c..3a4e027d0d175 100644 --- a/Documentation/githooks.txt +++ b/Documentation/githooks.txt @@ -166,7 +166,9 @@ worktree. The hook is given three parameters: the ref of the previous HEAD, the ref of the new HEAD (which may or may not have changed), and a flag indicating whether the checkout was a branch checkout (changing branches, flag=1) or a file checkout (retrieving a file from the index, flag=0). -This hook cannot affect the outcome of 'git checkout'. + +If this hook exits with a non-zero status, 'git checkout' will exit with the +same status. It is also run after 'git clone', unless the --no-checkout (-n) option is used. The first parameter given to the hook is the null-ref, the second the -- https://github.com/git/git/pull/470
