checkout: fix message when leaving detached HEAD

[git.git] / builtin-checkout.c

diff --git a/builtin-checkout.c b/builtin-checkout.c
index 411cc513c65ba854221ad52dd6aeaaac7d213c9d..f6f8f086de980b5bc19ca59985a2b0d8201831d9 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin-checkout.c
+++ b/builtin-checkout.c
@@ -386,13 +386,11 @@ static int switch_branches(struct checkout_opts *opts, struct branch_info *new)
        }
 
        /*
-        * If the new thing isn't a branch and isn't HEAD and we're
-        * not starting a new branch, and we want messages, and we
-        * weren't on a branch, and we're moving to a new commit,
-        * describe the old commit.
+        * If we were on a detached HEAD, but we are now moving to
+        * a new commit, we want to mention the old commit once more
+        * to remind the user that it might be lost.
         */
-       if (!new->path && strcmp(new->name, "HEAD") && !opts->new_branch &&
-           !opts->quiet && !old.path && new->commit != old.commit)
+       if (!opts->quiet && !old.path && new->commit != old.commit)
                describe_detached_head("Previous HEAD position was", old.commit);
 
        if (!old.commit) {