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We shouldn't parse output of git-status
See original GitHub issueCurrently in globalvars.py, we parse the output of git status and check for HEAD detached, to determine whether we’re on a branch or not.
This is a bad practice because the output of git status is meant to be human-readable, not to be parsed by programs. We should probably use a program-friendly interface to determine whether HEAD is detached from branch.
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Yep I know there’s a
--porcelainoption. Butgit statusis meant for working tree/staging area, etc., not whether HEAD is detached. The use ofgit statusis intrinsically wrong. If that option worked it would have been suggested in that SO question. @j-f1 @angussidneyI think there’s some sort of option that can be passed to
git statusthat allows you to specify the output format.