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-rw-r--r--advice.c14
-rw-r--r--advice.h1
-rw-r--r--builtin/checkout.c16
-rw-r--r--builtin/clone.c5
4 files changed, 20 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/advice.c b/advice.c
index e02e632df3..3e1a145bf0 100644
--- a/advice.c
+++ b/advice.c
@@ -64,3 +64,17 @@ void NORETURN die_resolve_conflict(const char *me)
error_resolve_conflict(me);
die("Exiting because of an unresolved conflict.");
}
+
+void detach_advice(const char *new_name)
+{
+ const char fmt[] =
+ "Note: checking out '%s'.\n\n"
+ "You are in 'detached HEAD' state. You can look around, make experimental\n"
+ "changes and commit them, and you can discard any commits you make in this\n"
+ "state without impacting any branches by performing another checkout.\n\n"
+ "If you want to create a new branch to retain commits you create, you may\n"
+ "do so (now or later) by using -b with the checkout command again. Example:\n\n"
+ " git checkout -b new_branch_name\n\n";
+
+ fprintf(stderr, fmt, new_name);
+}
diff --git a/advice.h b/advice.h
index e5d0af782b..7bda45b83e 100644
--- a/advice.h
+++ b/advice.h
@@ -14,5 +14,6 @@ int git_default_advice_config(const char *var, const char *value);
void advise(const char *advice, ...);
int error_resolve_conflict(const char *me);
extern void NORETURN die_resolve_conflict(const char *me);
+void detach_advice(const char *new_name);
#endif /* ADVICE_H */
diff --git a/builtin/checkout.c b/builtin/checkout.c
index f1984d9933..5bf96ba4d4 100644
--- a/builtin/checkout.c
+++ b/builtin/checkout.c
@@ -514,20 +514,6 @@ static void report_tracking(struct branch_info *new)
strbuf_release(&sb);
}
-static void detach_advice(const char *old_path, const char *new_name)
-{
- const char fmt[] =
- "Note: checking out '%s'.\n\n"
- "You are in 'detached HEAD' state. You can look around, make experimental\n"
- "changes and commit them, and you can discard any commits you make in this\n"
- "state without impacting any branches by performing another checkout.\n\n"
- "If you want to create a new branch to retain commits you create, you may\n"
- "do so (now or later) by using -b with the checkout command again. Example:\n\n"
- " git checkout -b new_branch_name\n\n";
-
- fprintf(stderr, fmt, new_name);
-}
-
static void update_refs_for_switch(struct checkout_opts *opts,
struct branch_info *old,
struct branch_info *new)
@@ -575,7 +561,7 @@ static void update_refs_for_switch(struct checkout_opts *opts,
REF_NODEREF, DIE_ON_ERR);
if (!opts->quiet) {
if (old->path && advice_detached_head)
- detach_advice(old->path, new->name);
+ detach_advice(new->name);
describe_detached_head(_("HEAD is now at"), new->commit);
}
} else if (new->path) { /* Switch branches. */
diff --git a/builtin/clone.c b/builtin/clone.c
index 651b4cc20b..72eebca535 100644
--- a/builtin/clone.c
+++ b/builtin/clone.c
@@ -563,7 +563,10 @@ static int checkout(void)
"unable to checkout.\n"));
return 0;
}
- if (strcmp(head, "HEAD")) {
+ if (!strcmp(head, "HEAD")) {
+ if (advice_detached_head)
+ detach_advice(sha1_to_hex(sha1));
+ } else {
if (prefixcmp(head, "refs/heads/"))
die(_("HEAD not found below refs/heads!"));
}