Currently, when we try to resolve @{<N>} or @{<date>} when the reflog
doesn't go back far enough, we get errors like:

  # on branch master
  $ git show @{10000}
  fatal: Log for '' only has 7 entries.

  $ git show @{10000.days.ago}
  warning: Log for '' only goes back to Tue, 21 May 2013 14:14:45 +0530.
  ...

  # detached HEAD case
  $ git show @{10000}
  fatal: Log for '' only has 2005 entries.

  $ git show master@{10000}
  fatal: Log for 'master' only has 7 entries.

The empty string '' is ugly, inconsistent, and failing to convey
information about whose logs we are inspecting.  Change this so that we
get:

  # on branch master
  $ git show @{10000}
  fatal: Log for 'master' only has 7 entries.

  $ git show @{10000.days.ago}
  warning: Log for 'master' only goes back to Tue, 21 May 2013 14:14:45 +0530.
  ...

  # detached HEAD case
  $ git show @{10000}
  fatal: Log for 'HEAD' only has 2005 entries.

  $ git show master@{10000}
  fatal: Log for 'master' only has 7 entries.

Simple, consistent, and informative; suitable for output even from
plumbing commands like rev-parse.

Signed-off-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artag...@gmail.com>
---
 sha1_name.c | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/sha1_name.c b/sha1_name.c
index 416a673..b7e008a 100644
--- a/sha1_name.c
+++ b/sha1_name.c
@@ -517,6 +517,16 @@ static int get_sha1_basic(const char *str, int len, 
unsigned char *sha1)
                }
                if (read_ref_at(real_ref, at_time, nth, sha1, NULL,
                                &co_time, &co_tz, &co_cnt)) {
+                       if (!len) {
+                               if (!prefixcmp(real_ref, "refs/heads/")) {
+                                       str = real_ref + 11;
+                                       len = strlen(real_ref + 11);
+                               } else {
+                                       /* detached HEAD */
+                                       str = "HEAD";
+                                       len = 4;
+                               }
+                       }
                        if (at_time)
                                warning("Log for '%.*s' only goes "
                                        "back to %s.", len, str,
-- 
1.8.3.rc3.10.g6f8d616

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