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-rw-r--r--builtin-checkout.c5
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/builtin-checkout.c b/builtin-checkout.c
index fb7e68ac5..da04eed39 100644
--- a/builtin-checkout.c
+++ b/builtin-checkout.c
@@ -616,6 +616,7 @@ int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
struct tree *source_tree = NULL;
char *conflict_style = NULL;
int patch_mode = 0;
+ int dwim_new_local_branch = 1;
struct option options[] = {
OPT__QUIET(&opts.quiet),
OPT_STRING('b', NULL, &opts.new_branch, "new branch", "branch"),
@@ -631,6 +632,9 @@ int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
OPT_STRING(0, "conflict", &conflict_style, "style",
"conflict style (merge or diff3)"),
OPT_BOOLEAN('p', "patch", &patch_mode, "select hunks interactively"),
+ { OPTION_BOOLEAN, 0, "guess", &dwim_new_local_branch, NULL,
+ "second guess 'git checkout no-such-branch'",
+ PARSE_OPT_NOARG | PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN },
OPT_END(),
};
int has_dash_dash;
@@ -715,6 +719,7 @@ int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
if (has_dash_dash) /* case (1) */
die("invalid reference: %s", arg);
if (!patch_mode &&
+ dwim_new_local_branch &&
opts.track == BRANCH_TRACK_UNSPECIFIED &&
!opts.new_branch &&
!check_filename(NULL, arg) &&