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-rw-r--r--builtin-branch.c55
-rw-r--r--cache.h2
-rwxr-xr-xgit-checkout.sh74
-rw-r--r--path.c26
-rw-r--r--setup.c5
-rwxr-xr-xt/t3200-branch.sh2
-rw-r--r--wt-status.c13
7 files changed, 135 insertions, 42 deletions
diff --git a/builtin-branch.c b/builtin-branch.c
index d3df5a57f..c760e188e 100644
--- a/builtin-branch.c
+++ b/builtin-branch.c
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ static void print_ref_item(struct ref_item *item, int maxwidth, int verbose,
}
}
-static void print_ref_list(int kinds, int verbose, int abbrev)
+static void print_ref_list(int kinds, int detached, int verbose, int abbrev)
{
int i;
struct ref_list ref_list;
@@ -286,8 +286,20 @@ static void print_ref_list(int kinds, int verbose, int abbrev)
qsort(ref_list.list, ref_list.index, sizeof(struct ref_item), ref_cmp);
+ detached = (detached && (kinds & REF_LOCAL_BRANCH));
+ if (detached) {
+ struct ref_item item;
+ item.name = "(no branch)";
+ item.kind = REF_LOCAL_BRANCH;
+ hashcpy(item.sha1, head_sha1);
+ if (strlen(item.name) > ref_list.maxwidth)
+ ref_list.maxwidth = strlen(item.name);
+ print_ref_item(&item, ref_list.maxwidth, verbose, abbrev, 1);
+ }
+
for (i = 0; i < ref_list.index; i++) {
- int current = (ref_list.list[i].kind == REF_LOCAL_BRANCH) &&
+ int current = !detached &&
+ (ref_list.list[i].kind == REF_LOCAL_BRANCH) &&
!strcmp(ref_list.list[i].name, head);
print_ref_item(&ref_list.list[i], ref_list.maxwidth, verbose,
abbrev, current);
@@ -296,7 +308,8 @@ static void print_ref_list(int kinds, int verbose, int abbrev)
free_ref_list(&ref_list);
}
-static void create_branch(const char *name, const char *start,
+static void create_branch(const char *name, const char *start_name,
+ unsigned char *start_sha1,
int force, int reflog)
{
struct ref_lock *lock;
@@ -315,9 +328,14 @@ static void create_branch(const char *name, const char *start,
die("Cannot force update the current branch.");
}
- if (get_sha1(start, sha1) ||
- (commit = lookup_commit_reference(sha1)) == NULL)
- die("Not a valid branch point: '%s'.", start);
+ if (start_sha1)
+ /* detached HEAD */
+ hashcpy(sha1, start_sha1);
+ else if (get_sha1(start_name, sha1))
+ die("Not a valid object name: '%s'.", start_name);
+
+ if ((commit = lookup_commit_reference(sha1)) == NULL)
+ die("Not a valid branch point: '%s'.", start_name);
hashcpy(sha1, commit->object.sha1);
lock = lock_any_ref_for_update(ref, NULL);
@@ -326,7 +344,8 @@ static void create_branch(const char *name, const char *start,
if (reflog) {
log_all_ref_updates = 1;
- snprintf(msg, sizeof msg, "branch: Created from %s", start);
+ snprintf(msg, sizeof msg, "branch: Created from %s",
+ start_name);
}
if (write_ref_sha1(lock, sha1, msg) < 0)
@@ -338,6 +357,9 @@ static void rename_branch(const char *oldname, const char *newname, int force)
char oldref[PATH_MAX], newref[PATH_MAX], logmsg[PATH_MAX*2 + 100];
unsigned char sha1[20];
+ if (!oldname)
+ die("cannot rename the curren branch while not on any.");
+
if (snprintf(oldref, sizeof(oldref), "refs/heads/%s", oldname) > sizeof(oldref))
die("Old branchname too long");
@@ -367,7 +389,7 @@ int cmd_branch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
{
int delete = 0, force_delete = 0, force_create = 0;
int rename = 0, force_rename = 0;
- int verbose = 0, abbrev = DEFAULT_ABBREV;
+ int verbose = 0, abbrev = DEFAULT_ABBREV, detached = 0;
int reflog = 0;
int kinds = REF_LOCAL_BRANCH;
int i;
@@ -444,22 +466,27 @@ int cmd_branch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
head = xstrdup(resolve_ref("HEAD", head_sha1, 0, NULL));
if (!head)
die("Failed to resolve HEAD as a valid ref.");
- if (strncmp(head, "refs/heads/", 11))
- die("HEAD not found below refs/heads!");
- head += 11;
+ if (!strcmp(head, "HEAD")) {
+ detached = 1;
+ }
+ else {
+ if (strncmp(head, "refs/heads/", 11))
+ die("HEAD not found below refs/heads!");
+ head += 11;
+ }
if (delete)
return delete_branches(argc - i, argv + i, force_delete, kinds);
else if (i == argc)
- print_ref_list(kinds, verbose, abbrev);
+ print_ref_list(kinds, detached, verbose, abbrev);
else if (rename && (i == argc - 1))
rename_branch(head, argv[i], force_rename);
else if (rename && (i == argc - 2))
rename_branch(argv[i], argv[i + 1], force_rename);
else if (i == argc - 1)
- create_branch(argv[i], head, force_create, reflog);
+ create_branch(argv[i], head, head_sha1, force_create, reflog);
else if (i == argc - 2)
- create_branch(argv[i], argv[i + 1], force_create, reflog);
+ create_branch(argv[i], argv[i+1], NULL, force_create, reflog);
else
usage(builtin_branch_usage);
diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index a9583ff18..cbe398d3b 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ extern char *sha1_to_hex(const unsigned char *sha1); /* static buffer result! */
extern int read_ref(const char *filename, unsigned char *sha1);
extern const char *resolve_ref(const char *path, unsigned char *sha1, int, int *);
extern int create_symref(const char *ref, const char *refs_heads_master);
-extern int validate_symref(const char *ref);
+extern int validate_headref(const char *ref);
extern int base_name_compare(const char *name1, int len1, int mode1, const char *name2, int len2, int mode2);
extern int cache_name_compare(const char *name1, int len1, const char *name2, int len2);
diff --git a/git-checkout.sh b/git-checkout.sh
index 92ec069a3..8f4356d49 100755
--- a/git-checkout.sh
+++ b/git-checkout.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ SUBDIRECTORY_OK=Sometimes
old_name=HEAD
old=$(git-rev-parse --verify $old_name 2>/dev/null)
+oldbranch=$(git-symbolic-ref $old_name 2>/dev/null)
new=
new_name=
force=
@@ -13,6 +14,8 @@ branch=
newbranch=
newbranch_log=
merge=
+LF='
+'
while [ "$#" != "0" ]; do
arg="$1"
shift
@@ -50,7 +53,7 @@ while [ "$#" != "0" ]; do
exit 1
fi
new="$rev"
- new_name="$arg^0"
+ new_name="$arg"
if git-show-ref --verify --quiet -- "refs/heads/$arg"
then
branch="$arg"
@@ -139,23 +142,49 @@ fi
[ -z "$new" ] && new=$old && new_name="$old_name"
-# If we don't have an old branch that we're switching to,
+# If we don't have an existing branch that we're switching to,
# and we don't have a new branch name for the target we
-# are switching to, then we'd better just be checking out
-# what we already had
+# are switching to, then we are detaching our HEAD from any
+# branch. However, if "git checkout HEAD" detaches the HEAD
+# from the current branch, even though that may be logically
+# correct, it feels somewhat funny. More importantly, we do not
+# want "git checkout" nor "git checkout -f" to detach HEAD.
-[ -z "$branch$newbranch" ] &&
- [ "$new" != "$old" ] &&
- die "git checkout: provided reference cannot be checked out directly
+detached=
+detach_warn=
- You need -b to associate a new branch with the wanted checkout. Example:
- git checkout -b <new_branch_name> $arg
-"
+if test -z "$branch$newbranch" && test "$new" != "$old"
+then
+ detached="$new"
+ if test -n "$oldbranch"
+ then
+ detach_warn="warning: you are not on ANY branch anymore.
+If you meant to create a new branch from the commit, you need -b to
+associate a new branch with the wanted checkout. Example:
+ git checkout -b <new_branch_name> $arg"
+ fi
+elif test -z "$oldbranch" && test -n "$branch"
+then
+ # Coming back...
+ if test -z "$force"
+ then
+ git show-ref -d -s | grep "$old" >/dev/null || {
+ echo >&2 \
+"You are not on any branch and switching to branch '$new_name'
+may lose your changes. At this point, you can do one of two things:
+ (1) Decide it is Ok and say 'git checkout -f $new_name';
+ (2) Start a new branch from the current commit, by saying
+ 'git checkout -b <branch-name>'.
+Leaving your HEAD detached; not switching to branch '$new_name'."
+ exit 1;
+ }
+ fi
+fi
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
+ echo >&2 "warning: You appear to be on a branch yet to be born."
+ echo >&2 "warning: Forcing checkout of $new_name."
force=1
fi
@@ -226,8 +255,25 @@ if [ "$?" -eq 0 ]; then
git-update-ref -m "checkout: Created from $new_name" "refs/heads/$newbranch" $new || exit
branch="$newbranch"
fi
- [ "$branch" ] &&
- GIT_DIR="$GIT_DIR" git-symbolic-ref HEAD "refs/heads/$branch"
+ if test -n "$branch"
+ then
+ GIT_DIR="$GIT_DIR" git-symbolic-ref HEAD "refs/heads/$branch"
+ elif test -n "$detached"
+ then
+ # NEEDSWORK: we would want a command to detach the HEAD
+ # atomically, instead of this handcrafted command sequence.
+ # Perhaps:
+ # git update-ref --detach HEAD $new
+ # or something like that...
+ #
+ echo "$detached" >"$GIT_DIR/HEAD.new" &&
+ mv "$GIT_DIR/HEAD.new" "$GIT_DIR/HEAD" ||
+ die "Cannot detach HEAD"
+ if test -n "$detach_warn"
+ then
+ echo >&2 "$detach_warn"
+ fi
+ fi
rm -f "$GIT_DIR/MERGE_HEAD"
else
exit 1
diff --git a/path.c b/path.c
index bb5ee7bf9..c5d25a4b9 100644
--- a/path.c
+++ b/path.c
@@ -90,10 +90,11 @@ int git_mkstemp(char *path, size_t len, const char *template)
}
-int validate_symref(const char *path)
+int validate_headref(const char *path)
{
struct stat st;
char *buf, buffer[256];
+ unsigned char sha1[20];
int len, fd;
if (lstat(path, &st) < 0)
@@ -119,14 +120,23 @@ int validate_symref(const char *path)
/*
* Is it a symbolic ref?
*/
- if (len < 4 || memcmp("ref:", buffer, 4))
+ if (len < 4)
return -1;
- buf = buffer + 4;
- len -= 4;
- while (len && isspace(*buf))
- buf++, len--;
- if (len >= 5 && !memcmp("refs/", buf, 5))
+ if (!memcmp("ref:", buffer, 4)) {
+ buf = buffer + 4;
+ len -= 4;
+ while (len && isspace(*buf))
+ buf++, len--;
+ if (len >= 5 && !memcmp("refs/", buf, 5))
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * Is this a detached HEAD?
+ */
+ if (!get_sha1_hex(buffer, sha1))
return 0;
+
return -1;
}
@@ -241,7 +251,7 @@ char *enter_repo(char *path, int strict)
return NULL;
if (access("objects", X_OK) == 0 && access("refs", X_OK) == 0 &&
- validate_symref("HEAD") == 0) {
+ validate_headref("HEAD") == 0) {
putenv("GIT_DIR=.");
check_repository_format();
return path;
diff --git a/setup.c b/setup.c
index 2ae57f7c9..cc97f9f5c 100644
--- a/setup.c
+++ b/setup.c
@@ -138,7 +138,8 @@ const char **get_pathspec(const char *prefix, const char **pathspec)
* GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY environment variable
* - a refs/ directory
* - either a HEAD symlink or a HEAD file that is formatted as
- * a proper "ref:".
+ * a proper "ref:", or a regular file HEAD that has a properly
+ * formatted sha1 object name.
*/
static int is_git_directory(const char *suspect)
{
@@ -161,7 +162,7 @@ static int is_git_directory(const char *suspect)
return 0;
strcpy(path + len, "/HEAD");
- if (validate_symref(path))
+ if (validate_headref(path))
return 0;
return 1;
diff --git a/t/t3200-branch.sh b/t/t3200-branch.sh
index a6ea0f6a1..bb80e4286 100755
--- a/t/t3200-branch.sh
+++ b/t/t3200-branch.sh
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ test_expect_success \
test ! -f .git/logs/refs/heads/d/e/f'
cat >expect <<EOF
-0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 $HEAD $GIT_COMMITTER_NAME <$GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL> 1117150200 +0000 checkout: Created from master^0
+0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 $HEAD $GIT_COMMITTER_NAME <$GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL> 1117150200 +0000 checkout: Created from master
EOF
test_expect_success \
'git checkout -b g/h/i -l should create a branch and a log' \
diff --git a/wt-status.c b/wt-status.c
index a84995177..daba9a610 100644
--- a/wt-status.c
+++ b/wt-status.c
@@ -302,9 +302,18 @@ void wt_status_print(struct wt_status *s)
unsigned char sha1[20];
s->is_initial = get_sha1(s->reference, sha1) ? 1 : 0;
- if (s->branch)
+ if (s->branch) {
+ const char *on_what = "On branch ";
+ const char *branch_name = s->branch;
+ if (!strncmp(branch_name, "refs/heads/", 11))
+ branch_name += 11;
+ else if (!strcmp(branch_name, "HEAD")) {
+ branch_name = "";
+ on_what = "Not currently on any branch.";
+ }
color_printf_ln(color(WT_STATUS_HEADER),
- "# On branch %s", s->branch);
+ "# %s%s", on_what, branch_name);
+ }
if (s->is_initial) {
color_printf_ln(color(WT_STATUS_HEADER), "#");