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

On Tue, 2 Sep 2008, Junio C Hamano wrote:

Jakub Narebski [off-list ref] writes:

quoted

Perhaps instead of poposed patch we should simply put empty lines
to emphasize that we are on no branch:

        # Please enter the commit message for your changes. Lines starting
        # with '#' will be ignored, and an empty message aborts the commit.
        #
        # Not currently on any branch.
        #
        # Untracked files:
        #   (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)

That sounds sensible, easy and safe enough.

Yep.  And I would go as far as suggesting that the branch information be 
the first line of the lot:

# Not currently on any branch.
#
# Please enter the commit message for your changes. Lines starting
# with '#' will be ignored, and an empty message aborts the commit.
#
# Untracked files:
#   (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
# [...]


Nicolas