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From: Julien Cretel <j.cretel@umail.ucc.ie>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Should "git log --decorate" indicate whether the HEAD is detached?
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2015 22:42:27 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CACdBeKmNazMtzK4hdd7WXMPDr7HdPe+EFpyd3M-TPBAUEY+HpA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)

As of Git 2.3.0, the output of "git log --decorate" is ambiguous as to
whether the HEAD is detached or not.
More specifically, consider the following output of "git log --decorate":

    4d860e9 (HEAD, master, dev) Remove trailing whitespace

Whether the HEAD is attached to master or detached, the output is the same.
Could/should "git log --decorate" be modified to provide this information?
Perhaps something along the lines of

    4d860e9 (HEAD -> master, dev) Remove trailing whitespace

or

    4d860e9 (HEAD = master, dev) Remove trailing whitespace

in case HEAD is attached to master, and the current output if it is
detached? Any thoughts?
(For information, I asked a related question on Stack Overflow a few
months ago: http://stackoverflow.com/q/25392580/2541573.)

Also, if such a feature is desirable, would its implementation be a
suitable "microproject" for a prospective GSoC-2015 applicant?

Jubobs

             reply	other threads:[~2015-02-16 22:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-02-16 22:42 Julien Cretel [this message]
2015-02-16 23:15 ` Should "git log --decorate" indicate whether the HEAD is detached? Junio C Hamano
2015-02-16 23:40   ` Julien Cretel
2015-02-18 10:15     ` Michael J Gruber
2015-02-18 13:19       ` [RFC/PATCH] log: decorate detached HEAD differently Michael J Gruber
2015-02-18 17:07       ` Should "git log --decorate" indicate whether the HEAD is detached? Junio C Hamano
2015-02-18 19:45         ` Michael J Gruber
2015-02-18 19:49           ` Junio C Hamano
2015-02-19  9:52             ` Michael J Gruber
2015-02-19 11:13         ` Julien Cretel
2015-02-20  8:13           ` Junio C Hamano
2015-03-06 16:15             ` [PATCH] log: decorate detached HEAD differently Michael J Gruber
2015-03-06 16:20               ` Michael J Gruber
2015-03-06 19:03               ` Junio C Hamano
2015-03-09  9:16                 ` Michael J Gruber
2015-03-10  2:03                   ` Junio C Hamano
2015-03-10 10:34                     ` Michael J Gruber
2015-03-10 13:53                       ` [PATCHv2 0/2] log decorations for HEAD Michael J Gruber
2015-03-10 13:53                         ` [PATCHv2 1/2] log-tree: properly reset colors Michael J Gruber
2015-03-10 13:53                         ` [PATCHv2 2/2] log: decorate HEAD with branch name Michael J Gruber
2015-03-10 17:06                         ` [PATCHv2 0/2] log decorations for HEAD Junio C Hamano
2015-03-11  8:02                           ` Michael J Gruber
2015-03-23 10:36                         ` Julien Cretel

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