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authorJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2006-09-27 21:51:29 -0700
committerJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2006-09-27 21:51:29 -0700
commit2b83ade9778552526abbe34ae03a57da52a7433d (patch)
tree617052a511f352c0f18e97147b2f28b027fb0026
parentf2ce6a4c3c9dba3b2366e4c48bb7f417a2cb7fb8 (diff)
parent5a03e7f25334a6bf1dbbfdb9830d41de5b8f0d7f (diff)
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Merge branch 'sp/void'
* sp/void: Allow git-checkout when on a non-existant branch.
-rwxr-xr-xgit-checkout.sh9
-rwxr-xr-xt/t7201-co.sh9
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/git-checkout.sh b/git-checkout.sh
index 580a9e8a2..dd477245f 100755
--- a/git-checkout.sh
+++ b/git-checkout.sh
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ USAGE='[-f] [-b <new_branch>] [-m] [<branch>] [<paths>...]'
SUBDIRECTORY_OK=Sometimes
. git-sh-setup
-old=$(git-rev-parse HEAD)
old_name=HEAD
+old=$(git-rev-parse --verify $old_name 2>/dev/null)
new=
new_name=
force=
@@ -139,6 +139,13 @@ fi
die "git checkout: to checkout the requested commit you need to specify
a name for a new branch which is created and switched to"
+if [ "X$old" = X ]
+then
+ echo "warning: You do not appear to currently be on a branch." >&2
+ echo "warning: Forcing checkout of $new_name." >&2
+ force=1
+fi
+
if [ "$force" ]
then
git-read-tree --reset -u $new
diff --git a/t/t7201-co.sh b/t/t7201-co.sh
index b64e8b7d7..085d4a096 100755
--- a/t/t7201-co.sh
+++ b/t/t7201-co.sh
@@ -31,6 +31,15 @@ test_expect_success setup '
git checkout master
'
+test_expect_success "checkout from non-existing branch" '
+
+ git checkout -b delete-me master &&
+ rm .git/refs/heads/delete-me &&
+ test refs/heads/delete-me = "$(git symbolic-ref HEAD)" &&
+ git checkout master &&
+ test refs/heads/master = "$(git symbolic-ref HEAD)"
+'
+
test_expect_success "checkout with dirty tree without -m" '
fill 0 1 2 3 4 5 >one &&