Teach core object handling functions about gitlinks

diff --git a/git-checkout.sh b/git-checkout.sh
index 39ffa8b8a3322b623a6d4938d566453fe206ca69..deb0a9a3c733ed889158d05b7cae4d174917553d 100755 (executable)
--- a/git-checkout.sh
+++ b/git-checkout.sh
@@ -163,7 +163,14 @@ cd_to_toplevel
 detached=
 detach_warn=
 
-if test -z "$branch$newbranch" && test "$new" != "$old"
+describe_detached_head () {
+       test -n "$quiet" || {
+               printf >&2 "$1 "
+               GIT_PAGER= git log >&2 -1 --pretty=oneline --abbrev-commit "$2"
+       }
+}
+
+if test -z "$branch$newbranch" && test "$new_name" != "$old_name"
 then
        detached="$new"
        if test -n "$oldbranch" && test -z "$quiet"
@@ -173,9 +180,9 @@ If you want to create a new branch from this checkout, you may do so
 (now or later) by using -b with the checkout command again. Example:
   git checkout -b <new_branch_name>"
        fi
-elif test -z "$oldbranch" && test -z "$quiet"
+elif test -z "$oldbranch" && test "$new" != "$old"
 then
-       echo >&2 "Previous HEAD position was $old"
+       describe_detached_head 'Previous HEAD position was' "$old"
 fi
 
 if [ "X$old" = X ]
@@ -250,8 +257,13 @@ if [ "$?" -eq 0 ]; then
        if test -n "$branch"
        then
                GIT_DIR="$GIT_DIR" git-symbolic-ref -m "checkout: moving to $branch" HEAD "refs/heads/$branch"
-               if test -z "$quiet"
+               if test -n "$quiet"
+               then
+                       true    # nothing
+               elif test "refs/heads/$branch" = "$oldbranch"
                then
+                       echo >&2 "Already on branch \"$branch\""
+               else
                        echo >&2 "Switched to${newbranch:+ a new} branch \"$branch\""
                fi
        elif test -n "$detached"
@@ -270,6 +282,7 @@ if [ "$?" -eq 0 ]; then
                then
                        echo >&2 "$detach_warn"
                fi
+               describe_detached_head 'HEAD is now at' HEAD
        fi
        rm -f "$GIT_DIR/MERGE_HEAD"
 else