mhutchie
Show detached HEAD in graph
Describe the feature that you'd like HEAD is not available in the branches list. As a result, when operating in a detached HEAD state, the HEAD does not appear in the graph if it is not also a commit that can be reached as an existing branch.
However, a commit from this state will result in the graph no longer showing the detached HEAD and latest commit
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For example, checkout the current "x" branch detached and the commit is visible in the tree with the commit text in bold, but the branch name unbolded. For example:
after committing on top of detached head:
I'm not sure I understand? The name in this case ("x") is the branch name, but the branch isn't checked out, the commit is.
e.g. git status reports HEAD is detached.
c:\dev\libraries>git status HEAD detached from 43ae4df6
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I think the name should be bold and the x should be HEAD.
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Yeah sorry I misunderstood. I think the issue I've found is that if you have a detached head (heh) with uncommited changes then the commit isn't bold and it's quite hard to find the HEAD commit. The only indication is the little dot, which I didn't actually notice until I looked at the code.
I have implemented a "scroll to HEAD" feature which I think is pretty useful and makes it easier to find the current commit. It's useful even when you're on a branch if it's quite far back in history.
Would you be interested in a PR?
