On Tue, 2 Sep 2008, Matthieu Moy wrote:
> 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)
Agreed. Something that repeat more or less the message that was given
when detaching HEAD in the first place would be best.
Nicolas
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