Julius Smith <jos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> "git branch" in the the submodule directory says "(detached from
> <commit-for-D>)" but this seems to be wrong. I did "git diff
> <commit>" in the submodule directory to show that it was the C-commit
> and not the D-commit as it appeared. Could "git branch" in the
> submodule directory be referring to the commit at the time it was
> first detached and not updating after a "git submodule update --init"
> in the parent?
There are "detached from" and "detached at" messages. Their use was
somewhat inconsistent in the older version of Git, but at least
since 2.4.0 (quoting from Documentation/RelNotes/2.4.0.txt):
* The phrasing "git branch" uses to describe a detached HEAD has been
updated to agree with the phrasing used by "git status":
- When HEAD is at the same commit as when it was originally
detached, they now both show "detached at <commit object name>".
- When HEAD has moved since it was originally detached, they now
both show "detached from <commit object name>".
Previously, "git branch" always used "from".
"git branch" and "git status" should be using the same language to
describe the situation.
