When checking out another ref, the reflogs already record from which branch you switched. Do that also when switching to a detached HEAD. While at it, record also when coming _from_ a detached HEAD. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@xxxxxx> --- Yeah, took me a long time to take care of this issue. git-checkout.sh | 5 +++-- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/git-checkout.sh b/git-checkout.sh index aa724ac..5dc8ddb 100755 --- a/git-checkout.sh +++ b/git-checkout.sh @@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ if [ "$?" -eq 0 ]; then if test -n "$branch" then old_branch_name=`expr "z$oldbranch" : 'zrefs/heads/\(.*\)'` - GIT_DIR="$GIT_DIR" git symbolic-ref -m "checkout: moving from $old_branch_name to $branch" HEAD "refs/heads/$branch" + GIT_DIR="$GIT_DIR" git symbolic-ref -m "checkout: moving from ${old_branch_name:-$old} to $branch" HEAD "refs/heads/$branch" if test -n "$quiet" then true # nothing @@ -278,7 +278,8 @@ if [ "$?" -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 ${old_branch_name:-$old} to $arg" HEAD "$detached" || die "Cannot detach HEAD" if test -n "$detach_warn" then -- 1.5.3.6.1977.g54d30 - 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