「Feature Request」detached HEAD should show in left Branches area

[yam-liu]

When checkout to a commit without tag, you have a detached HEAD.
git status will show

HEAD detached from 1d9d44eef
Changes not staged for commit:
  (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
  (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)

        modified:   a.c
        modified:   b.c

no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")

In SourceTree, the left Branches area has a HEAD "branch" flag, click it will lead you to the commit. But in Fork, I can not find that commit I have checked out, unless I scroll from the long long commit history.

[DanPristupov]

Sorry for the delay. I like the idea. I'll try to implement this in the next release.

[bwl21]

Yes please, this is a blocker for me to swith from sourcetree.

[DanPristupov]

@bwl21 sounds like a good reason to increase priority of the task :). It's going to be done in 1.0.60.

[DanPristupov]

@ooopscc @bwl21 this feature is finally available in 1.0.60

[bwl21]

Very cool. Now we can see that we are on a detached head.
I am afraid I propose to do more:

Here is a situation in fork,

• love the idea to visualize the stashes in the history tree.
• I would also like to see the HEAD visualized in the history tree
• I would also like the "uncommitted changes" in the history tree

Here is what I expected (Sorry Atlassian, I shameless copy Sourcetree's beahavior). But this visualization is the coolest approach I have seen for this.

[bwl21]

is there any chance that you come closer to sourcetree's approach. In particular it is not always visible if there are uncommitted changes.

An earlier version (before 1.0.61) showed a number of uncommitted changes on the "Changes" entry in the left pane. But with 1.0.61 even this seems to be gone.

edit: maybe it is gone due to #147

[bwl21]

@DanPristupov why do you close this issue? is it fixed or wontfix.

[DanPristupov]

Depends on what you mean. Fork shows HEAD in the branch list on the sidebar in detached HEAD state, which was the original request.

[DanPristupov]

I would also like to see the HEAD visualized in the history tree

It's probably excessive to show such a label all the time, but I can show it in Detached HEAD state.

I would also like the "uncommitted changes" in the history tree

What's the point of this? It seems strange to show a fake revision which semi-duplicates the "Changes" view.

[bwl21]

Well it is how Sourcetree does it (which is where I came from). The way fork currently does it is also reasonable after one got used to it.

Thanks for the explanation.

[DanPristupov]

Ok, going to keep that issue closed. Please let me know if I'm missing something and feel free to create a separate issue if you have some idea.