Add "git checkout" that does what the name suggests

It is careful by default and refuses to overwrite old info, but if you
want to force everything to be re-read, use the "-f" flag.

Some day I'll make it take individual filenames too. Right now
it's all-or-nothing.

2 files changed, 31 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index bf63984bb..3372269f5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ SCRIPTS=git git-apply-patch-script git-merge-one-file-script git-prune-script \
 	git-pull-script git-tag-script git-resolve-script git-whatchanged \
 	git-deltafy-script git-fetch-script git-status-script git-commit-script \
 	git-log-script git-shortlog git-cvsimport-script git-diff-script \
-	git-reset-script git-add-script
+	git-reset-script git-add-script git-checkout-script
 
 PROG=   git-update-cache git-diff-files git-init-db git-write-tree \
 	git-read-tree git-commit-tree git-cat-file git-fsck-cache \
diff --git a/git-checkout-script b/git-checkout-script
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..e8e777f1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/git-checkout-script
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+: ${GIT_DIR=.git}
+old=$(git-rev-parse HEAD)
+new=$(git-rev-parse --revs-only "$@")
+new=${new:-$old}
+args=($(git-rev-parse --no-revs "$@"))
+
+i=0
+force=0
+while [ $i -lt ${#args} ]; do
+    case "${args[$i]}" in
+	"-f")
+		force=1;;
+	"")
+		;;
+	*)
+		echo "unknown flag ${args[$i]}"
+		exit 1;;
+    esac
+    i=$(($i+1))
+done
+
+if $force
+then
+    git-read-tree --reset $new &&
+	git-checkout-cache -q -f -u -a &&
+	echo $new > "$GIT_DIR/HEAD"
+else
+    git-read-tree -m -u $old $new && echo $new > "$GIT_DIR/HEAD"
+fi