Re: [PATCH 4/5] status: show the ref that is checked out, even if it's detached

From: Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
Date: Mar 5, 2013, 12:18 UTC
Message-ID: <vpqd2ve9gzw.fsf@grenoble-inp.fr>
In-Reply-To: <20130305113958.GA26236@lanh>

Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com> writes:

> -	# Not currently on any branch.
> +	# Detached at $ONTO

Without the context, I don't think "Detached" alone says something to the user. "Detached HEAD at ..." would IMHO be clearer and at least give the user enough keywords to search the web/doc for an explanation.

Actually, in the case of "Detached HEAD at $branch", you may even add an advice saying something like:

  (run "git checkout $branch" to switch to branch $branch)

or so. But that's not the common case, so maybe it's not that useful.

-- 
Matthieu Moy
http://www-verimag.imag.fr/~moy/

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