From aaa571c2bfd6922bca4def71ea091294950ffa75 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: clearml <>
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2025 11:09:56 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix detecting git branch in detached HEAD state

---
 .../backend_interface/task/repo/detectors.py    | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/clearml/backend_interface/task/repo/detectors.py b/clearml/backend_interface/task/repo/detectors.py
index f54e0343..c5576f23 100644
--- a/clearml/backend_interface/task/repo/detectors.py
+++ b/clearml/backend_interface/task/repo/detectors.py
@@ -251,6 +251,23 @@ class GitDetector(Detector):
         """
         info = super(GitDetector, self).get_info(
             path=path, include_diff=include_diff, diff_from_remote=diff_from_remote)
+
+        # check if for some reason we ended with the wrong branch name as HEAD (will happen when HEAD is detached)
+        if info and info.branch == "HEAD":
+            # noinspection PyBroadException
+            try:
+                # try to reparse the detached HEAD
+                commands = self._get_commands()
+                name = "branch"
+                command = commands.branch_fallback[:]
+                command[-1] = "origin"
+                info.branch = self._get_command_output(
+                    path, name, command, commands=commands, strip=bool(name != 'diff')) or info.branch
+                info = self._post_process_info(info)
+            except Exception:
+                # not sure what happened, just skip it.
+                pass
+
         # we could not locate the git because of some configuration issue, we need to try a more complex command
         if info and info.url == "origin":
             # noinspection PyBroadException