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

Pieter de Bie [off-list ref] writes:

Sometimes I work on a detached HEAD and then forget about it. If I then create
some commits and checkout another branch, I have to dig through my reflog to
find the older commits. I know that "git commit" adds has a "Not currently on
any branch", but it's not very noticeable and also doesn't work when you
specify a commit message on the command line.

I suggest to add some extra output to the STDOUT after a commit if we're on a
detached HEAD. The quick patch below adds output like:

Vienna:git pieter$ ./git commit --allow-empty -m"test"
Created commit 6ce62c8b: test
You are on a detached head, so this commit has not been recorded in a branch.
If you don't want to lose this commit, checkout a branch and then run:
	git merge 6ce62c8bfcfb341106f3587d1c141c3955c2544c

Are there any comments to this / strong opinions against such a change?

Unconditionally doing this is too loud for my taste.  You probably can do
this in your post-commit hook.