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

> Pieter de Bie <pdebie@ai.rug.nl> writes:
> 
> > +       if (!strcmp("HEAD", head))
> > +               printf("You are on a detached head, so this commit "
> > +                       "has not been recorded in a branch.\n"
> > +                       "If you don't want to lose this commit, checkout a "
> > +                       "branch and then run:\n"
> > +                       "       git merge %s\n", sha1_to_hex(sha1));
> 
> I'd say
> 
> +                       "If you don't want to lose this commit, run "
> +                       "git branch <some-name>\n"
> +			"to create a named branch for the commit you just made");
> 
> (or whatever better wording you find, but I think suggesting to name
> the branch makes more sense that merging it)