Re: [PATCH] Proof-of-concept patch to remember what the detached HEAD was

> On Fri, 16 Oct 2009, Julian Phillips wrote:
>
>> My interest in this thread is solely that it might provide a mechanism to find
>> out which tag was checked out.  So, I'm just chucking in my $0.02 as a user.
>
> Try this:
>
> $ git checkout v1.5.5
> Note: moving to 'v1.5.5' which isn't a local branch
> If you want to create a new branch from this checkout, you may do so
> (now or later) by using -b with the checkout command again. Example:
>  git checkout -b <new_branch_name>
> HEAD is now at 1d2375d... GIT 1.5.5
>
> [look around, and then ...]
>
> $ git checkout HEAD~2
> Previous HEAD position was 1d2375d... GIT 1.5.5
> HEAD is now at f61cc48... git-svn: fix following renamed paths when tracking a single path
>
> [go out for lunch ... and forget what this was about.]
>
> $ git reflog -3
> f61cc48 HEAD@{0}: checkout: moving from 1d2375d... to HEAD~2
> 1d2375d HEAD@{1}: checkout: moving from master to v1.5.5
> c274db7 HEAD@{2}: pull : Fast forward
>
> Here I have all the information to see what I did, and from what state.
> I even know that I did a pull on the master branch before moving away
> from it.  The -3 limits the log to 3 entries.  With no limit you get it
> all in your default pager.
>
> So there is no need for another mechanism to find out what tag was
> actually checked out -- you have it all already.