SUBDIRECTORY_OK=Sometimes
. git-sh-setup
-old=$(git-rev-parse HEAD)
old_name=HEAD
+old=$(git-rev-parse --verify $old_name 2>/dev/null)
new=
new_name=
force=
shift
[ -z "$newbranch" ] &&
die "git checkout: -b needs a branch name"
- git-rev-parse --symbolic "heads/$newbranch" >&/dev/null &&
+ git-show-ref --verify --quiet -- "refs/heads/$newbranch" &&
die "git checkout: branch $newbranch already exists"
git-check-ref-format "heads/$newbranch" ||
die "git checkout: we do not like '$newbranch' as a branch name."
fi
new="$rev"
new_name="$arg^0"
- if git-rev-parse "heads/$arg^0" >&/dev/null; then
+ if git-show-ref --verify --quiet -- "refs/heads/$arg"
+ then
branch="$arg"
fi
elif rev=$(git-rev-parse --verify "$arg^{tree}" 2>/dev/null)
esac
done
+case "$force$merge" in
+11)
+ die "git checkout: -f and -m are incompatible"
+esac
+
# The behaviour of the command with and without explicit path
# parameters is quite different.
#
git-ls-tree --full-name -r "$new" "$@" |
git-update-index --index-info || exit $?
fi
- git-checkout-index -f -u -- "$@"
+
+ # Make sure the request is about existing paths.
+ git-ls-files --error-unmatch -- "$@" >/dev/null || exit
+ git-ls-files -- "$@" |
+ git-checkout-index -f -u --stdin
exit $?
else
# Make sure we did not fall back on $arg^{tree} codepath
[ -z "$branch$newbranch" ] &&
[ "$new" != "$old" ] &&
- die "git checkout: to checkout the requested commit you need to specify
- a name for a new branch which is created and switched to"
+ die "git checkout: provided reference cannot be checked out directly
+
+ You need -b to associate a new branch with the wanted checkout. Example:
+ git checkout -b <new_branch_name> $arg
+"
+
+if [ "X$old" = X ]
+then
+ echo "warning: You do not appear to currently be on a branch." >&2
+ echo "warning: Forcing checkout of $new_name." >&2
+ force=1
+fi
if [ "$force" ]
then
git-read-tree --reset -u $new
else
git-update-index --refresh >/dev/null
- merge_error=$(git-read-tree -m -u $old $new 2>&1) || (
+ merge_error=$(git-read-tree -m -u --exclude-per-directory=.gitignore $old $new 2>&1) || (
case "$merge" in
'')
echo >&2 "$merge_error"
git diff-files --name-only | git update-index --remove --stdin &&
work=`git write-tree` &&
git read-tree --reset -u $new &&
- git read-tree -m -u --aggressive $old $new $work || exit
+ git read-tree -m -u --aggressive --exclude-per-directory=.gitignore $old $new $work ||
+ exit
if result=`git write-tree 2>/dev/null`
then