Merge branch 'nd/clone-detached'

* nd/clone-detached:
  clone: fix up delay cloning conditions
  push: do not let configured foreign-vcs permanently clobbered
  clone: print advice on checking out detached HEAD
  clone: allow --branch to take a tag
  clone: refuse to clone if --branch points to bogus ref
  clone: --branch=<branch> always means refs/heads/<branch>
  clone: delay cloning until after remote HEAD checking
  clone: factor out remote ref writing
  clone: factor out HEAD update code
  clone: factor out checkout code
  clone: write detached HEAD in bare repositories
  t5601: add missing && cascade

Author: gitster

Documentation/git-clone.txt

@@ -147,8 +147,9 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository.
 -b <name>::
 	Instead of pointing the newly created HEAD to the branch pointed
 	to by the cloned repository's HEAD, point to `<name>` branch
-	instead. In a non-bare repository, this is the branch that will
-	be checked out.
+	instead. `--branch` can also take tags and treat them like
+	detached HEAD. In a non-bare repository, this is the branch
+	that will be checked out.
 
 --upload-pack <upload-pack>::
 -u <upload-pack>::

advice.c

@@ -73,3 +73,17 @@ void NORETURN die_resolve_conflict(const char *me)
 	error_resolve_conflict(me);
 	die("Exiting because of an unresolved conflict.");
 }
+
+void detach_advice(const char *new_name)
+{
+	const char fmt[] =
+	"Note: checking out '%s'.\n\n"
+	"You are in 'detached HEAD' state. You can look around, make experimental\n"
+	"changes and commit them, and you can discard any commits you make in this\n"
+	"state without impacting any branches by performing another checkout.\n\n"
+	"If you want to create a new branch to retain commits you create, you may\n"
+	"do so (now or later) by using -b with the checkout command again. Example:\n\n"
+	"  git checkout -b new_branch_name\n\n";
+
+	fprintf(stderr, fmt, new_name);
+}

advice.h

@@ -14,5 +14,6 @@ int git_default_advice_config(const char *var, const char *value);
 void advise(const char *advice, ...);
 int error_resolve_conflict(const char *me);
 extern void NORETURN die_resolve_conflict(const char *me);
+void detach_advice(const char *new_name);
 
 #endif /* ADVICE_H */

builtin/checkout.c

@@ -514,20 +514,6 @@ static void report_tracking(struct branch_info *new)
 	strbuf_release(&sb);
 }
 
-static void detach_advice(const char *old_path, const char *new_name)
-{
-	const char fmt[] =
-	"Note: checking out '%s'.\n\n"
-	"You are in 'detached HEAD' state. You can look around, make experimental\n"
-	"changes and commit them, and you can discard any commits you make in this\n"
-	"state without impacting any branches by performing another checkout.\n\n"
-	"If you want to create a new branch to retain commits you create, you may\n"
-	"do so (now or later) by using -b with the checkout command again. Example:\n\n"
-	"  git checkout -b new_branch_name\n\n";
-
-	fprintf(stderr, fmt, new_name);
-}
-
 static void update_refs_for_switch(struct checkout_opts *opts,
 				   struct branch_info *old,
 				   struct branch_info *new)
@@ -575,7 +561,7 @@ static void update_refs_for_switch(struct checkout_opts *opts,
 			   REF_NODEREF, DIE_ON_ERR);
 		if (!opts->quiet) {
 			if (old->path && advice_detached_head)
-				detach_advice(old->path, new->name);
+				detach_advice(new->name);
 			describe_detached_head(_("HEAD is now at"), new->commit);
 		}
 	} else if (new->path) {	/* Switch branches. */