For a detached head, resolve_ref() returns the argument "HEAD" unmodified. That case is checked for and pretended to be NULL, which consequently avoids any column to be flagged as branch head. --- builtin-show-branch.c | 3 +++ 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/builtin-show-branch.c b/builtin-show-branch.c index 96ae3cb..b073a31 100644 --- a/builtin-show-branch.c +++ b/builtin-show-branch.c @@ -766,6 +766,9 @@ int cmd_show_branch(int ac, const char **av, const char *prefix) } head_p = resolve_ref("HEAD", head_sha1, 1, NULL); + if (head_p && !strcmp(head_p, "HEAD")) { + head_p = NULL; + } if (head_p) { head_len = strlen(head_p); memcpy(head, head_p, head_len + 1); -- 1.6.1 -- 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