new=
force=
branch=
+newbranch=
while [ "$#" != "0" ]; do
arg="$1"
shift
case "$arg" in
+ "-b")
+ newbranch="$1"
+ shift
+ [ -z "$newbranch" ] &&
+ die "git checkout: -b needs a branch name"
+ [ -e "$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/$newbranch" ] &&
+ die "git checkout: branch $newbranch already exists"
+ ;;
"-f")
force=1
;;
*)
- rev=$(git-rev-parse --verify --revs-only "$arg^0") || exit
+ rev=$(git-rev-parse --verify "$arg^0") || exit
if [ -z "$rev" ]; then
echo "unknown flag $arg"
exit 1
done
[ -z "$new" ] && new=$old
+#
+# If we don't have an old branch that we're switching to,
+# and we don't have a new branch name for the target we
+# are switching to, then we'd better just be checking out
+# what we already had
+#
+[ -z "$branch$newbranch" ] &&
+ [ "$new" != "$old" ] &&
+ die "git checkout: you need to specify a new branch name"
+
if [ "$force" ]
then
git-read-tree --reset $new &&
# be based on them, since we re-set the index)
#
if [ "$?" -eq 0 ]; then
+ if [ "$newbranch" ]; then
+ echo $new > "$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/$newbranch"
+ branch="$newbranch"
+ fi
[ "$branch" ] && ln -sf "refs/heads/$branch" "$GIT_DIR/HEAD"
rm -f "$GIT_DIR/MERGE_HEAD"
+else
+ exit 1
fi