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diff --git a/contrib/workdir/git-new-workdir b/contrib/workdir/git-new-workdir new file mode 100755 index 000000000..9877b9850 --- /dev/null +++ b/contrib/workdir/git-new-workdir @@ -0,0 +1,57 @@ +#!/bin/sh + +usage () { + echo "usage:" $@ + exit 127 +} + +die () { + echo $@ + exit 128 +} + +if test $# -lt 2 || test $# -gt 3 +then + usage "$0 <repository> <new_workdir> [<branch>]" +fi + +orig_git=$1 +new_workdir=$2 +branch=$3 + +# want to make sure that what is pointed to has a .git directory ... +test -d "$orig_git/.git" || die "\"$orig_git\" is not a git repository!" + +# don't link to a workdir +if test -L "$orig_git/.git/config" +then + die "\"$orig_git\" is a working directory only, please specify" \ + "a complete repository." +fi + +# make sure the the links use full paths +orig_git=$(cd "$orig_git"; pwd) + +# create the workdir +mkdir -p "$new_workdir/.git" || die "unable to create \"$new_workdir\"!" + +# create the links to the original repo. explictly exclude index, HEAD and +# logs/HEAD from the list since they are purely related to the current working +# directory, and should not be shared. +for x in config refs logs/refs objects info hooks packed-refs remotes rr-cache +do + case $x in + */*) + mkdir -p "$(dirname "$new_workdir/.git/$x")" + ;; + esac + ln -s "$orig_git/.git/$x" "$new_workdir/.git/$x" +done + +# now setup the workdir +cd "$new_workdir" +# copy the HEAD from the original repository as a default branch +cp "$orig_git/.git/HEAD" .git/HEAD +# checkout the branch (either the same as HEAD from the original repository, or +# the one that was asked for) +git checkout -f $branch |