Subject: [PATCH 2/2] checkout (detached): truncate list of orphaned commits at the new HEAD

From: Johannes Sixt <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 04 May 2012 20:14:48 +0200

When git checkout switches from a detached HEAD to any other commit, then
all orphaned commits were listed in a warning:

  Warning: you are leaving 2 commits behind...:

    a5e5396 another fixup
    6aa1af6 fixup foo

But if the new commit is actually one from this list (6aa1af6 in this
example), then the list in the warning can be truncated at the new HEAD,
because history beginning at HEAD is not "left behind". This makes it so.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Sixt <[email-masked]>
---
 builtin/checkout.c         | 13 +++++++------
 t/t2020-checkout-detach.sh |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/builtin/checkout.c b/builtin/checkout.c
index 23fc56d..c93efe4 100644
--- a/builtin/checkout.c
+++ b/builtin/checkout.c
@@ -672,10 +672,10 @@ static void suggest_reattach(struct commit *commit, struct rev_info *revs)
  * HEAD.  If it is not reachable from any ref, this is the last chance
  * for the user to do so without resorting to reflog.
  */
-static void orphaned_commit_warning(struct commit *commit)
+static void orphaned_commit_warning(struct commit *old, struct commit *new)
 {
 	struct rev_info revs;
-	struct object *object = &commit->object;
+	struct object *object = &old->object;
 	struct object_array refs;
 
 	init_revisions(&revs, NULL);
@@ -685,16 +685,17 @@ static void orphaned_commit_warning(struct commit *commit)
 	add_pending_object(&revs, object, sha1_to_hex(object->sha1));
 
 	for_each_ref(add_pending_uninteresting_ref, &revs);
+	add_pending_sha1(&revs, "HEAD", new->object.sha1, UNINTERESTING);
 
 	refs = revs.pending;
 	revs.leak_pending = 1;
 
 	if (prepare_revision_walk(&revs))
 		die(_("internal error in revision walk"));
-	if (!(commit->object.flags & UNINTERESTING))
-		suggest_reattach(commit, &revs);
+	if (!(old->object.flags & UNINTERESTING))
+		suggest_reattach(old, &revs);
 	else
-		describe_detached_head(_("Previous HEAD position was"), commit);
+		describe_detached_head(_("Previous HEAD position was"), old);
 
 	clear_commit_marks_for_object_array(&refs, ALL_REV_FLAGS);
 	free(refs.objects);
@@ -731,7 +732,7 @@ static int switch_branches(struct checkout_opts *opts, struct branch_info *new)
 	}
 
 	if (!opts->quiet && !old.path && old.commit && new->commit != old.commit)
-		orphaned_commit_warning(old.commit);
+		orphaned_commit_warning(old.commit, new->commit);
 
 	update_refs_for_switch(opts, &old, new);
 
diff --git a/t/t2020-checkout-detach.sh b/t/t2020-checkout-detach.sh
index 1839b32..8100537 100755
--- a/t/t2020-checkout-detach.sh
+++ b/t/t2020-checkout-detach.sh
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ test_expect_success 'checkout warns orphaning 1 of 2 commits' '
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'checkout warns orphaning 1 of 2 commits: output' '
-	check_orphan_warning stderr "2 commits"
+	check_orphan_warning stderr "1 commit"
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'checkout does not warn leaving ref tip' '
-- 
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