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authorJonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>2011-11-26 02:54:55 -0600
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2011-11-28 11:40:46 -0800
commit39bd6f726109942c6f77f59638f6763c9f00706c (patch)
tree903f5b34643ab93fa0a164a3962c70461b20406b /builtin
parent3f59481e338c2d3167b9654a4289a9d1201f7944 (diff)
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Allow checkout -B <current-branch> to update the current branch
When on master, "git checkout -B master <commit>" is a more natural way to say "git reset --keep <commit>", which was originally invented for the exact purpose of moving to the named commit while keeping the local changes around. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'builtin')
-rw-r--r--builtin/branch.c2
-rw-r--r--builtin/checkout.c15
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/builtin/branch.c b/builtin/branch.c
index 24f33b241..823789fc9 100644
--- a/builtin/branch.c
+++ b/builtin/branch.c
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ int cmd_branch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
if (kinds != REF_LOCAL_BRANCH)
die(_("-a and -r options to 'git branch' do not make sense with a branch name"));
create_branch(head, argv[0], (argc == 2) ? argv[1] : head,
- force_create, reflog, track);
+ force_create, reflog, 0, track);
} else
usage_with_options(builtin_branch_usage, options);
diff --git a/builtin/checkout.c b/builtin/checkout.c
index 2a8077242..ca00a8538 100644
--- a/builtin/checkout.c
+++ b/builtin/checkout.c
@@ -540,7 +540,9 @@ static void update_refs_for_switch(struct checkout_opts *opts,
else
create_branch(old->name, opts->new_branch, new->name,
opts->new_branch_force ? 1 : 0,
- opts->new_branch_log, opts->track);
+ opts->new_branch_log,
+ opts->new_branch_force ? 1 : 0,
+ opts->track);
new->name = opts->new_branch;
setup_branch_path(new);
}
@@ -565,8 +567,12 @@ static void update_refs_for_switch(struct checkout_opts *opts,
create_symref("HEAD", new->path, msg.buf);
if (!opts->quiet) {
if (old->path && !strcmp(new->path, old->path)) {
- fprintf(stderr, _("Already on '%s'\n"),
- new->name);
+ if (opts->new_branch_force)
+ fprintf(stderr, _("Reset branch '%s'\n"),
+ new->name);
+ else
+ fprintf(stderr, _("Already on '%s'\n"),
+ new->name);
} else if (opts->new_branch) {
if (opts->branch_exists)
fprintf(stderr, _("Switched to and reset branch '%s'\n"), new->name);
@@ -1057,7 +1063,8 @@ int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
opts.branch_exists = validate_new_branchname(opts.new_branch, &buf,
- !!opts.new_branch_force, 0);
+ !!opts.new_branch_force,
+ !!opts.new_branch_force);
strbuf_release(&buf);
}