From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 05:08:51 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Proof-of-concept patch to remember what the detached HEAD was
Message-ID: <20091014050851.GE31810@coredump.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LNX.2.00.0910140037570.32515@iabervon.org>

On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 12:44:34AM -0400, Daniel Barkalow wrote:

> +char *get_detached_head_string(void)
> +{
> +	char *filename = git_path("DETACH_NAME");
> +	struct stat st;
> +	if (stat(filename, &st) || !S_ISREG(st.st_mode))
> +		return NULL;
> +	struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
> +	strbuf_read_file(&buf, filename, st.st_size);
> +	strbuf_trim(&buf);
> +	return strbuf_detach(&buf, 0);
> +}

Would it hurt to tuck this information into HEAD itself, as we already
put arbitrary text into FETCH_HEAD?

-Peff