+ return (undef, undef, $ffq_prev, $gdrlast);
+}
+
+sub record_ffq_prev_deferred () {
+ # => ('status', "message")
+ # 'status' may be
+ # deferred message is undef
+ # exists
+ # detached
+ # weird-symref
+ # notbranch
+ # if not ff from some branch we should be ff from, is an snag
+ # if "deferred", will have added something about that to
+ # @deferred_update_messages, and also maybe printed (already)
+ # some messages about ff checks
+ my $currentval = get_head();
+
+ my ($status,$message, $ffq_prev,$gdrlast) = ffq_check $currentval;
+ return ($status,$message) if defined $status;