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| -rw-r--r-- | builtin-checkout.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/builtin-checkout.c b/builtin-checkout.c index 411cc513c..f6f8f086d 100644 --- a/builtin-checkout.c +++ b/builtin-checkout.c @@ -386,13 +386,11 @@ static int switch_branches(struct checkout_opts *opts, struct branch_info *new) } /* - * If the new thing isn't a branch and isn't HEAD and we're - * not starting a new branch, and we want messages, and we - * weren't on a branch, and we're moving to a new commit, - * describe the old commit. + * If we were on a detached HEAD, but we are now moving to + * a new commit, we want to mention the old commit once more + * to remind the user that it might be lost. */ - if (!new->path && strcmp(new->name, "HEAD") && !opts->new_branch && - !opts->quiet && !old.path && new->commit != old.commit) + if (!opts->quiet && !old.path && new->commit != old.commit) describe_detached_head("Previous HEAD position was", old.commit); if (!old.commit) { |