diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'git/refs/head.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | git/refs/head.py | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/git/refs/head.py b/git/refs/head.py index 06207e0a..fe820b10 100644 --- a/git/refs/head.py +++ b/git/refs/head.py @@ -202,6 +202,8 @@ class Head(Reference): :return: The active branch after the checkout operation, usually self unless a new branch has been created. + If there is no active branch, as the HEAD is now detached, the HEAD + reference will be returned instead. :note: By default it is only allowed to checkout heads - everything else @@ -212,7 +214,10 @@ class Head(Reference): kwargs.pop('f') self.repo.git.checkout(self, **kwargs) - return self.repo.active_branch + if self.repo.head.is_detached: + return self.repo.head + else: + return self.repo.active_branch #{ Configruation |