[PATCH] switch: mention the --detach option when dying due to lack of a branch
From: Alex Henrie <hidden>
Date: 2022-02-23 07:32:35
Subsystem:
the rest · Maintainer:
Linus Torvalds
Users who are accustomed to doing `git checkout <tag>` assume that `git switch <tag>` will do the same thing. Inform them of the --detach option so they aren't left wondering why `git switch` doesn't work but `git checkout` does. Signed-off-by: Alex Henrie <redacted> --- builtin/checkout.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/builtin/checkout.c b/builtin/checkout.c
index d9b31bbb6d..10a035feed 100644
--- a/builtin/checkout.c
+++ b/builtin/checkout.c@@ -1398,6 +1398,10 @@ static void die_expecting_a_branch(const struct branch_info *branch_info) struct object_id oid; char *to_free; + if (advice_enabled(ADVICE_DETACHED_HEAD)) + advise(_("The specified commit is not a local branch.\n" + "If you want to enter detached head mode, try again with the --detach option.")); + if (dwim_ref(branch_info->name, strlen(branch_info->name), &oid, &to_free, 0) == 1) { const char *ref = to_free;
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