Re: [RFC] Detached-HEAD reminder on commit?

[Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg.lists@dewire.com>]

tisdagen den 2 september 2008 21.31.45 skrev Pieter de Bie:
> Sometimes I work on a detached HEAD and then forget about it. If I then create
> some commits and checkout another branch, I have to dig through my reflog to
> find the older commits. I know that "git commit" adds has a "Not currently on
> any branch", but it's not very noticeable and also doesn't work when you
> specify a commit message on the command line.
> 
> I suggest to add some extra output to the STDOUT after a commit if we're on a
> detached HEAD. The quick patch below adds output like:
> 
> Vienna:git pieter$ ./git commit --allow-empty -m"test"
> Created commit 6ce62c8b: test
> You are on a detached head, so this commit has not been recorded in a branch.
> If you don't want to lose this commit, checkout a branch and then run:
> 	git merge 6ce62c8bfcfb341106f3587d1c141c3955c2544c
> 
> Are there any comments to this / strong opinions against such a change?

Probably doesn't hurt, but I think you should enable the git prompt. That will
give you notice before committing.

-- robin