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-rw-r--r--builtin-checkout.c10
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) {