report_tracking(new);
}
+struct rev_list_args {
+ int argc;
+ int alloc;
+ const char **argv;
+};
+
+static void add_one_rev_list_arg(struct rev_list_args *args, const char *s)
+{
+ ALLOC_GROW(args->argv, args->argc + 1, args->alloc);
+ args->argv[args->argc++] = s;
+}
+
+static int add_one_ref_to_rev_list_arg(const char *refname,
+ const unsigned char *sha1,
+ int flags,
+ void *cb_data)
+{
+ add_one_rev_list_arg(cb_data, refname);
+ return 0;
+}
+
+
+static void describe_one_orphan(struct strbuf *sb, struct commit *commit)
+{
+ struct pretty_print_context ctx = { 0 };
+
+ parse_commit(commit);
+ strbuf_addstr(sb, " - ");
+ pretty_print_commit(CMIT_FMT_ONELINE, commit, sb, &ctx);
+ strbuf_addch(sb, '\n');
+}
+
+#define ORPHAN_CUTOFF 4
+static void suggest_reattach(struct commit *commit, struct rev_info *revs)
+{
+ struct commit *c, *last = NULL;
+ struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
+ int lost = 0;
+ while ((c = get_revision(revs)) != NULL) {
+ if (lost < ORPHAN_CUTOFF)
+ describe_one_orphan(&sb, c);
+ last = c;
+ lost++;
+ }
+ if (ORPHAN_CUTOFF < lost) {
+ int more = lost - ORPHAN_CUTOFF;
+ if (more == 1)
+ describe_one_orphan(&sb, last);
+ else
+ strbuf_addf(&sb, " ... and %d more.\n", more);
+ }
+
+ fprintf(stderr,
+ "Warning: you are leaving %d commit%s behind, "
+ "not connected to\n"
+ "any of your branches:\n\n"
+ "%s\n",
+ lost, ((1 < lost) ? "s" : ""),
+ sb.buf);
+ strbuf_release(&sb);
+
+ if (advice_detached_head)
+ fprintf(stderr,
+ "If you want to keep them by creating a new branch, "
+ "this may be a good time\nto do so with:\n\n"
+ " git branch new_branch_name %s\n\n",
+ sha1_to_hex(commit->object.sha1));
+}
+
+/*
+ * We are about to leave commit that was at the tip of a detached
+ * HEAD. If it is not reachable from any ref, this is the last chance
+ * for the user to do so without resorting to reflog.
+ */
+static void orphaned_commit_warning(struct commit *commit)
+{
+ struct rev_list_args args = { 0, 0, NULL };
+ struct rev_info revs;
+
+ add_one_rev_list_arg(&args, "(internal)");
+ add_one_rev_list_arg(&args, sha1_to_hex(commit->object.sha1));
+ add_one_rev_list_arg(&args, "--not");
+ for_each_ref(add_one_ref_to_rev_list_arg, &args);
+ add_one_rev_list_arg(&args, "--");
+ add_one_rev_list_arg(&args, NULL);
+
+ init_revisions(&revs, NULL);
+ if (setup_revisions(args.argc - 1, args.argv, &revs, NULL) != 1)
+ die("internal error: only -- alone should have been left");
+ if (prepare_revision_walk(&revs))
+ die("internal error in revision walk");
+ if (!(commit->object.flags & UNINTERESTING))
+ suggest_reattach(commit, &revs);
+ else
+ describe_detached_head("Previous HEAD position was", commit);
+}
+
static int switch_branches(struct checkout_opts *opts, struct branch_info *new)
{
int ret = 0;
if (ret)
return ret;
- /*
- * If we were on a detached HEAD, but have now moved to
- * a new commit, we want to mention the old commit once more
- * to remind the user that it might be lost.
- */
if (!opts->quiet && !old.path && old.commit && new->commit != old.commit)
- describe_detached_head("Previous HEAD position was", old.commit);
+ orphaned_commit_warning(old.commit);
update_refs_for_switch(opts, &old, new);
int patch_mode = 0;
int dwim_new_local_branch = 1;
struct option options[] = {
- OPT__QUIET(&opts.quiet),
+ OPT__QUIET(&opts.quiet, "suppress progress reporting"),
OPT_STRING('b', NULL, &opts.new_branch, "branch",
"create and checkout a new branch"),
OPT_STRING('B', NULL, &opts.new_branch_force, "branch",
2),
OPT_SET_INT('3', "theirs", &opts.writeout_stage, "checkout their version for unmerged files",
3),
- OPT_BOOLEAN('f', "force", &opts.force, "force checkout (throw away local modifications)"),
+ OPT__FORCE(&opts.force, "force checkout (throw away local modifications)"),
OPT_BOOLEAN('m', "merge", &opts.merge, "perform a 3-way merge with the new branch"),
OPT_STRING(0, "conflict", &conflict_style, "style",
"conflict style (merge or diff3)"),
* between A and B, A...B names that merge base.
*
* With no paths, if <something> is _not_ a commit, no -t nor -b
- * was given, and there is a tracking branch whose name is
+ * was given, and there is a remote-tracking branch whose name is
* <something> in one and only one remote, then this is a short-hand
- * to fork local <something> from that remote tracking branch.
+ * to fork local <something> from that remote-tracking branch.
*
* Otherwise <something> shall not be ambiguous.
* - If it's *only* a reference, treat it like case (1).