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-rwxr-xr-xgit-checkout.sh5
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/git-checkout.sh b/git-checkout.sh
index f80939da5a..f6d58ac044 100755
--- a/git-checkout.sh
+++ b/git-checkout.sh
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ if [ "$?" -eq 0 ]; then
if test -n "$branch"
then
old_branch_name=`expr "z$oldbranch" : 'zrefs/heads/\(.*\)'`
- GIT_DIR="$GIT_DIR" git symbolic-ref -m "checkout: moving from $old_branch_name to $branch" HEAD "refs/heads/$branch"
+ GIT_DIR="$GIT_DIR" git symbolic-ref -m "checkout: moving from ${old_branch_name:-$old} to $branch" HEAD "refs/heads/$branch"
if test -n "$quiet"
then
true # nothing
@@ -278,7 +278,8 @@ if [ "$?" -eq 0 ]; then
fi
elif test -n "$detached"
then
- git update-ref --no-deref -m "checkout: moving to $arg" HEAD "$detached" ||
+ old_branch_name=`expr "z$oldbranch" : 'zrefs/heads/\(.*\)'`
+ git update-ref --no-deref -m "checkout: moving from ${old_branch_name:-$old} to $arg" HEAD "$detached" ||
die "Cannot detach HEAD"
if test -n "$detach_warn"
then