From 89858b2f3c9f4ddbbb22962dff9e739f91d9c388 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mark Levedahl Date: Sun, 31 May 2026 19:02:14 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] git-gui: use HEAD as current branch when detached commit f87a36b697 ("git-gui: use git-branch --show-current", 2024-02-12) changed git-gui to use git-branch to access refs, rather than directly reading files as doing the latter is not compatible with the reftable backend. git branch --show-current reports an empty branch name when the head is detached, and in this case load_current_branch needs to report HEAD using special case logic as it did prior to the above commit. Make it do so. This addresses an issue with git-gui browser failing with a detached head. Signed-off-by: Mark Levedahl Signed-off-by: Johannes Sixt --- git-gui.sh | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/git-gui.sh b/git-gui.sh index 23fe76e498..f70a54a61b 100755 --- a/git-gui.sh +++ b/git-gui.sh @@ -670,6 +670,9 @@ proc load_current_branch {} { set current_branch [git branch --show-current] set is_detached [expr [string length $current_branch] == 0] + if {$is_detached} { + set current_branch {HEAD} + } } auto_load tk_optionMenu -- 2.52.0