thodg/libgit2

diff --git a/src/repository.c b/src/repository.c
index f8d19eb..48e2706 100644
--- a/src/repository.c
+++ b/src/repository.c
@@ -2532,7 +2532,9 @@ static int checkout_message(git_buf *out, git_reference *old, const char *new)
 
 	git_buf_puts(out, " to ");
 
-	if (git_reference__is_branch(new))
+	if (git_reference__is_branch(new) ||
+		git_reference__is_tag(new) ||
+		git_reference__is_remote(new))
 		git_buf_puts(out, git_reference__shorthand(new));
 	else
 		git_buf_puts(out, new);
@@ -2543,6 +2545,41 @@ static int checkout_message(git_buf *out, git_reference *old, const char *new)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int detach(git_repository *repo, const git_oid *id, const char *new)
+{
+	int error;
+	git_buf log_message = GIT_BUF_INIT;
+	git_object *object = NULL, *peeled = NULL;
+	git_reference *new_head = NULL, *current = NULL;
+
+	assert(repo && id);
+
+	if ((error = git_reference_lookup(&current, repo, GIT_HEAD_FILE)) < 0)
+		return error;
+
+	if ((error = git_object_lookup(&object, repo, id, GIT_OBJ_ANY)) < 0)
+		goto cleanup;
+
+	if ((error = git_object_peel(&peeled, object, GIT_OBJ_COMMIT)) < 0)
+		goto cleanup;
+
+	if (new == NULL)
+		new = git_oid_tostr_s(git_object_id(peeled));
+
+	if ((error = checkout_message(&log_message, current, new)) < 0)
+		goto cleanup;
+
+	error = git_reference_create(&new_head, repo, GIT_HEAD_FILE, git_object_id(peeled), true, git_buf_cstr(&log_message));
+
+cleanup:
+	git_buf_free(&log_message);
+	git_object_free(object);
+	git_object_free(peeled);
+	git_reference_free(current);
+	git_reference_free(new_head);
+	return error;
+}
+
 int git_repository_set_head(
 	git_repository* repo,
 	const char* refname)
@@ -2576,7 +2613,8 @@ int git_repository_set_head(
 			error = git_reference_symbolic_create(&new_head, repo, GIT_HEAD_FILE,
 					git_reference_name(ref), true, git_buf_cstr(&log_message));
 		} else {
-			error = git_repository_set_head_detached(repo, git_reference_target(ref));
+			error = detach(repo, git_reference_target(ref),
+				git_reference_is_tag(ref) || git_reference_is_remote(ref) ? refname : NULL);
 		}
 	} else if (git_reference__is_branch(refname)) {
 		error = git_reference_symbolic_create(&new_head, repo, GIT_HEAD_FILE, refname,
@@ -2591,41 +2629,6 @@ cleanup:
 	return error;
 }
 
-static int detach(git_repository *repo, const git_oid *id, const char *from)
-{
-	int error;
-	git_buf log_message = GIT_BUF_INIT;
-	git_object *object = NULL, *peeled = NULL;
-	git_reference *new_head = NULL, *current = NULL;
-
-	assert(repo && id);
-
-	if ((error = git_reference_lookup(&current, repo, GIT_HEAD_FILE)) < 0)
-		return error;
-
-	if ((error = git_object_lookup(&object, repo, id, GIT_OBJ_ANY)) < 0)
-		goto cleanup;
-
-	if ((error = git_object_peel(&peeled, object, GIT_OBJ_COMMIT)) < 0)
-		goto cleanup;
-
-	if (from == NULL)
-		from = git_oid_tostr_s(git_object_id(peeled));
-
-	if ((error = checkout_message(&log_message, current, from)) < 0)
-		goto cleanup;
-
-	error = git_reference_create(&new_head, repo, GIT_HEAD_FILE, git_object_id(peeled), true, git_buf_cstr(&log_message));
-
-cleanup:
-	git_buf_free(&log_message);
-	git_object_free(object);
-	git_object_free(peeled);
-	git_reference_free(current);
-	git_reference_free(new_head);
-	return error;
-}
-
 int git_repository_set_head_detached(
 	git_repository* repo,
 	const git_oid* commitish)
diff --git a/tests/repo/head.c b/tests/repo/head.c
index 31c2287..d021160 100644
--- a/tests/repo/head.c
+++ b/tests/repo/head.c
@@ -261,15 +261,19 @@ void test_repo_head__setting_head_updates_reflog(void)
 	cl_git_pass(git_revparse_single(&tag, repo, "tags/test"));
 	cl_git_pass(git_repository_set_head_detached(repo, git_object_id(tag)));
 	cl_git_pass(git_repository_set_head(repo, "refs/heads/haacked"));
+	cl_git_pass(git_repository_set_head(repo, "refs/tags/test"));
+	cl_git_pass(git_repository_set_head(repo, "refs/remotes/test/master"));
 
-	test_reflog(repo, 2, NULL, "refs/heads/haacked", "foo@example.com", "checkout: moving from master to haacked");
-	test_reflog(repo, 1, NULL, "tags/test^{commit}", "foo@example.com", "checkout: moving from unborn to e90810b8df3e80c413d903f631643c716887138d");
-	test_reflog(repo, 0, "tags/test^{commit}", "refs/heads/haacked", "foo@example.com", "checkout: moving from e90810b8df3e80c413d903f631643c716887138d to haacked");
+	test_reflog(repo, 4, NULL, "refs/heads/haacked", "foo@example.com", "checkout: moving from master to haacked");
+	test_reflog(repo, 3, NULL, "tags/test^{commit}", "foo@example.com", "checkout: moving from unborn to e90810b8df3e80c413d903f631643c716887138d");
+	test_reflog(repo, 2, "tags/test^{commit}", "refs/heads/haacked", "foo@example.com", "checkout: moving from e90810b8df3e80c413d903f631643c716887138d to haacked");
+	test_reflog(repo, 1, "refs/heads/haacked", "tags/test^{commit}", "foo@example.com", "checkout: moving from haacked to test");
+	test_reflog(repo, 0, "tags/test^{commit}", "refs/remotes/test/master", "foo@example.com", "checkout: moving from e90810b8df3e80c413d903f631643c716887138d to test/master");
 
 	cl_git_pass(git_annotated_commit_from_revspec(&annotated, repo, "haacked~0"));
 	cl_git_pass(git_repository_set_head_detached_from_annotated(repo, annotated));
 
-	test_reflog(repo, 0, NULL, "refs/heads/haacked", "foo@example.com", "checkout: moving from haacked to haacked~0");
+	test_reflog(repo, 0, NULL, "refs/heads/haacked", "foo@example.com", "checkout: moving from be3563ae3f795b2b4353bcce3a527ad0a4f7f644 to haacked~0");
 
 	git_annotated_commit_free(annotated);
 	git_object_free(tag);