scan reflogs independently from refs

diff --git a/git-checkout.sh b/git-checkout.sh
index c52f352f085728f0ce58895538b6f5ecff8c6d45..1349e77f32157cc63fba6644ae2112c21ec5264e 100755 (executable)
--- a/git-checkout.sh
+++ b/git-checkout.sh
@@ -156,9 +156,9 @@ then
        if test -n "$oldbranch"
        then
                detach_warn="warning: you are not on ANY branch anymore.
-If you meant to create a new branch from the commit, you need -b to
-associate a new branch with the wanted checkout.  Example:
-  git checkout -b <new_branch_name> $arg"
+If you meant to create a new branch from this checkout, you may still do
+so (now or later) by using -b with the checkout command again.  Example:
+  git checkout -b <new_branch_name>"
        fi
 elif test -z "$oldbranch" && test -n "$branch"
 then
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ if [ "$?" -eq 0 ]; then
        fi
        if test -n "$branch"
        then
-               GIT_DIR="$GIT_DIR" git-symbolic-ref HEAD "refs/heads/$branch"
+               GIT_DIR="$GIT_DIR" git-symbolic-ref -m "checkout: moving to $branch" HEAD "refs/heads/$branch"
        elif test -n "$detached"
        then
                # NEEDSWORK: we would want a command to detach the HEAD
@@ -259,8 +259,9 @@ if [ "$?" -eq 0 ]; then
                #       git update-ref --detach HEAD $new
                # or something like that...
                #
-               echo "$detached" >"$GIT_DIR/HEAD.new" &&
-               mv "$GIT_DIR/HEAD.new" "$GIT_DIR/HEAD" ||
+               git-rev-parse HEAD >"$GIT_DIR/HEAD.new" &&
+               mv "$GIT_DIR/HEAD.new" "$GIT_DIR/HEAD" &&
+               git-update-ref -m "checkout: moving to $arg" HEAD "$detached" ||
                        die "Cannot detach HEAD"
                if test -n "$detach_warn"
                then