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[RFC,1/2] t7508: test status output for detached HEAD after clone

Message ID 20230224232841.21297-2-royeldar0@gmail.com (mailing list archive)
State Superseded
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Series status: improve info for detached HEAD | expand

Commit Message

Roy E Feb. 24, 2023, 11:28 p.m. UTC 
After cloning a repository, HEAD might be detached: for example, when
"--branch" specifies a non-branch (e.g. a tag). In this case, running
"git status" prints 'Not currently on any branch'.

Signed-off-by: Roy Eldar <royeldar0@gmail.com>
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 t/t7508-status.sh | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
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diff --git a/t/t7508-status.sh b/t/t7508-status.sh
index aed07c5b62..d279157d28 100755
--- a/t/t7508-status.sh
+++ b/t/t7508-status.sh
@@ -885,6 +885,18 @@  test_expect_success 'status shows detached HEAD properly after checking out non-
 	grep -E "HEAD detached at [0-9a-f]+" actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'status shows detached HEAD properly after cloning a repository' '
+	test_when_finished rm -rf upstream downstream actual &&
+
+	git init upstream &&
+	test_commit -C upstream foo &&
+	git -C upstream tag test_tag &&
+
+	git clone -b test_tag upstream downstream &&
+	git -C downstream status >actual &&
+	grep -E "Not currently on any branch." actual
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'setup status submodule summary' '
 	test_create_repo sm && (
 		cd sm &&