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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Ed Avis <ed.avis@qmaw.com>
Cc: "git\@vger.kernel.org" <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: git switch error message tweak
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2020 13:30:36 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqq8sgltoyb.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BL0PR11MB34603334FD8AF4B662A74C3A9D9D0@BL0PR11MB3460.namprd11.prod.outlook.com> (Ed Avis's message of "Tue, 16 Jun 2020 06:47:03 +0000")

Ed Avis <ed.avis@qmaw.com> writes:

> To help those migrating from 'git checkout' to the newer 'git switch'
> and 'git restore', this error message could be improved:
>
> % git switch baa022666d26a5d40e86c0b6349eb7435033e80a
> fatal: a branch is expected, got commit 'baa022666d26a5d40e86c0b6349eb7435033e80a'
>
> It could print additionally
>
> To switch to this commit in 'detached HEAD' mode, use --detach.
>
> as long as it was indeed a commit that was given.

Excellent.

> I note also that while git checkout prints a spiel about "You are in
> 'detached HEAD' state", git switch --detach does not. Was this
> deliberate, on the assumption that if you pass --detach you know what
> you are doing?

I'd say you are correct---one who passes "--detach" knows enough to
want to be in the detached HEAD state and knows enough that the
state is nothing to be worried about.

      reply	other threads:[~2020-06-17 20:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-06-16  6:47 git switch error message tweak Ed Avis
2020-06-17 20:30 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]

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