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-rw-r--r--builtin/checkout.c11
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/builtin/checkout.c b/builtin/checkout.c
index 3be0018821..7fe0bffaf8 100644
--- a/builtin/checkout.c
+++ b/builtin/checkout.c
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ static void update_refs_for_switch(const struct checkout_opts *opts,
struct branch_info *new)
{
struct strbuf msg = STRBUF_INIT;
- const char *old_desc;
+ const char *old_desc, *reflog_msg;
if (opts->new_branch) {
if (opts->new_orphan_branch) {
if (opts->new_branch_log && !log_all_ref_updates) {
@@ -620,8 +620,13 @@ static void update_refs_for_switch(const struct checkout_opts *opts,
old_desc = old->name;
if (!old_desc && old->commit)
old_desc = sha1_to_hex(old->commit->object.sha1);
- strbuf_addf(&msg, "checkout: moving from %s to %s",
- old_desc ? old_desc : "(invalid)", new->name);
+
+ reflog_msg = getenv("GIT_REFLOG_ACTION");
+ if (!reflog_msg)
+ strbuf_addf(&msg, "checkout: moving from %s to %s",
+ old_desc ? old_desc : "(invalid)", new->name);
+ else
+ strbuf_insert(&msg, 0, reflog_msg, strlen(reflog_msg));
if (!strcmp(new->name, "HEAD") && !new->path && !opts->force_detach) {
/* Nothing to do. */