checkout: factor out functions to new lib file

Factor the functions out, so they can be re-used from other places.  In
particular these functions will be re-used in builtin/worktree.c to make
git worktree add dwim more.

While there add some docs to the function.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gummerer <t.gummerer@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e53750ca0..a80a8fcca 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -759,6 +759,7 @@ LIB_OBJS += branch.o
 LIB_OBJS += bulk-checkin.o
 LIB_OBJS += bundle.o
 LIB_OBJS += cache-tree.o
+LIB_OBJS += checkout.o
 LIB_OBJS += color.o
 LIB_OBJS += column.o
 LIB_OBJS += combine-diff.o