Pieter de Bie <pdebie@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Sometimes I work on a detached HEAD and then forget about it. If I then create > some commits and checkout another branch, I have to dig through my reflog to > find the older commits. I know that "git commit" adds has a "Not currently on > any branch", but it's not very noticeable and also doesn't work when you > specify a commit message on the command line. > > I suggest to add some extra output to the STDOUT after a commit if we're on a > detached HEAD. The quick patch below adds output like: > > Vienna:git pieter$ ./git commit --allow-empty -m"test" > Created commit 6ce62c8b: test > You are on a detached head, so this commit has not been recorded in a branch. > If you don't want to lose this commit, checkout a branch and then run: > git merge 6ce62c8bfcfb341106f3587d1c141c3955c2544c > > Are there any comments to this / strong opinions against such a change? Unconditionally doing this is too loud for my taste. You probably can do this in your post-commit hook. -- 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
