Subject: [PATCH v5 06/26] checkout: advice how to get out of detached HEAD mode

From: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2019 20:16:35 +0700

Detached HEAD mode is considered dangerous and confusing for newcomers
and we print a big block of warning how to move forward. But we should
also suggest the user the way to get out of it if they get into detached
HEAD by mistake.

While at there, I also suggest how to turn the advice off. This is
another thing I find annoying with advices and should be dealt with in a
more generic way. But that may require some refactoring in advice.c
first.
---
 advice.c                   | 17 +++++++++++++----
 t/t2020-checkout-detach.sh | 12 ++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/advice.c b/advice.c
index 567209aa79..b224825637 100644
--- a/advice.c
+++ b/advice.c
@@ -191,13 +191,22 @@ void NORETURN die_conclude_merge(void)
 void detach_advice(const char *new_name)
 {
 	const char *fmt =
-	_("Note: checking out '%s'.\n\n"
+	_("Note: checking out '%s'.\n"
+	"\n"
 	"You are in 'detached HEAD' state. You can look around, make experimental\n"
 	"changes and commit them, and you can discard any commits you make in this\n"
-	"state without impacting any branches by performing another checkout.\n\n"
+	"state without impacting any branches by performing another checkout.\n"
+	"\n"
 	"If you want to create a new branch to retain commits you create, you may\n"
-	"do so (now or later) by using -b with the checkout command again. Example:\n\n"
-	"  git checkout -b <new-branch-name>\n\n");
+	"do so (now or later) by using -b with the checkout command again. Example:\n"
+	"\n"
+	"  git checkout -b <new-branch-name>\n"
+	"\n"
+	"Or undo this checkout with:\n"
+	"\n"
+	"  git checkout -\n"
+	"\n"
+	"Turn off this advice by setting config variable advice.detachedHead to false\n\n");
 
 	fprintf(stderr, fmt, new_name);
 }
diff --git a/t/t2020-checkout-detach.sh b/t/t2020-checkout-detach.sh
index 1fa670625c..743c7248a2 100755
--- a/t/t2020-checkout-detach.sh
+++ b/t/t2020-checkout-detach.sh
@@ -206,6 +206,12 @@ test_expect_success 'describe_detached_head prints no SHA-1 ellipsis when not as
 
 	  git checkout -b <new-branch-name>
 
+	Or undo this checkout with:
+
+	  git checkout -
+
+	Turn off this advice by setting config variable advice.detachedHead to false
+
 	HEAD is now at \$commit three
 	EOF
 
@@ -282,6 +288,12 @@ test_expect_success 'describe_detached_head does print SHA-1 ellipsis when asked
 
 	  git checkout -b <new-branch-name>
 
+	Or undo this checkout with:
+
+	  git checkout -
+
+	Turn off this advice by setting config variable advice.detachedHead to false
+
 	HEAD is now at \$commit... three
 	EOF
 
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