From: Pieter de Bie Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:27:33 GMT Subject: Re: [RFC] Detached-HEAD reminder on commit? Message-ID: <4C04A26E-5829-4A39-AD89-F5A68E606AA3@ai.rug.nl> In-Reply-To: <0578A0F2-F90A-4555-9B34-726F26A1CDBB@ai.rug.nl> On 2 sep 2008, at 23:51, Pieter de Bie wrote: > > How about a single line then, something like > > Vienna:git pieter$ ./git commit --allow-empty -m"test" > Created commit 6ce62c8b: test > Remember you are on a detached head, create a new branch to not > lose these changes Or, as a final suggestion, something unintrusive like: (on detached head) Vienna:git pieter$ ./git commit --allow-empty -m"test" Created commit 6ce62c8b on detached head: test (on branch) Vienna:git pieter$ ./git commit --allow-empty -m"test" Created commit 6ce62c8b on branch 'master': test - Pieter