When checking out another ref, the reflogs already record from which branch you switched. Do that also when switching to a detached HEAD. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@xxxxxx> --- git-checkout.sh | 3 ++- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/git-checkout.sh b/git-checkout.sh index 17f4392..f427718 100755 --- a/git-checkout.sh +++ b/git-checkout.sh @@ -272,7 +272,8 @@ if [ "$?" -eq 0 ]; then fi elif test -n "$detached" then - git update-ref --no-deref -m "checkout: moving to $arg" HEAD "$detached" || + old_branch_name=`expr "z$oldbranch" : 'zrefs/heads/\(.*\)'` + git update-ref --no-deref -m "checkout: moving from $old_branch_name to $arg" HEAD "$detached" || die "Cannot detach HEAD" if test -n "$detach_warn" then -- 1.5.3.rc4.17.gb980 - 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
