Pieter de Bie <pdebie@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > + if (!strcmp("HEAD", head)) > + printf("You are on a detached head, so this commit " > + "has not been recorded in a branch.\n" > + "If you don't want to lose this commit, checkout a " > + "branch and then run:\n" > + " git merge %s\n", sha1_to_hex(sha1)); I'd say + "If you don't want to lose this commit, run " + "git branch <some-name>\n" + "to create a named branch for the commit you just made"); (or whatever better wording you find, but I think suggesting to name the branch makes more sense that merging it) -- Matthieu -- 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