Subject: [PATCH RESEND 2/2] status: improve info for detached HEAD after clone

From: Roy Eldar <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2023 21:20:50 +0200

When a remote ref or a tag is checked out, HEAD is automatically
detached, and "git status" says 'HEAD detached at ...', instead of
'Not currently on any branch.'; this is done by traversing the reflog
and parsing an entry like 'checkout: moving from ... to ...'.

In certain situations, HEAD can be detached after "git clone": for
example, when "--branch" specifies a non-branch (e.g. a tag). It is
preferable to avoid displaying 'Not currently on any branch.', so
'HEAD detached at $sha1' is shown instead.

Signed-off-by: Roy Eldar <[email-masked]>
---
 t/t7508-status.sh | 2 +-
 wt-status.c       | 7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/t/t7508-status.sh b/t/t7508-status.sh
index d279157d28..0ab5bdc1e0 100755
--- a/t/t7508-status.sh
+++ b/t/t7508-status.sh
@@ -894,7 +894,7 @@ test_expect_success 'status shows detached HEAD properly after cloning a reposit
 
 	git clone -b test_tag upstream downstream &&
 	git -C downstream status >actual &&
-	grep -E "Not currently on any branch." actual
+	grep -E "HEAD detached at [0-9a-f]+" actual
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'setup status submodule summary' '
diff --git a/wt-status.c b/wt-status.c
index 3162241a57..f0a5fb578a 100644
--- a/wt-status.c
+++ b/wt-status.c
@@ -1632,6 +1632,13 @@ static int grab_1st_switch(struct object_id *ooid UNUSED,
 	struct grab_1st_switch_cbdata *cb = cb_data;
 	const char *target = NULL, *end;
 
+	if (skip_prefix(message, "clone: from ", &message)) {
+		oidcpy(&cb->noid, noid);
+		strbuf_reset(&cb->buf);
+		strbuf_add_unique_abbrev(&cb->buf, noid, DEFAULT_ABBREV);
+		return 1;
+	}
+
 	if (!skip_prefix(message, "checkout: moving from ", &message))
 		return 0;
 	target = strstr(message, " to ");
-- 
2.30.2