int writeout_stage;
int writeout_error;
+ /* not set by parse_options */
+ int branch_exists;
+
const char *new_branch;
+ const char *new_branch_force;
const char *new_orphan_branch;
int new_branch_log;
enum branch_track track;
struct rev_info rev;
/* I think we want full paths, even if we're in a subdirectory. */
init_revisions(&rev, NULL);
- rev.abbrev = 0;
rev.diffopt.output_format |= DIFF_FORMAT_NAME_STATUS;
if (diff_setup_done(&rev.diffopt) < 0)
die("diff_setup_done failed");
}
}
else
- create_branch(old->name, opts->new_branch, new->name, 0,
+ create_branch(old->name, opts->new_branch, new->name,
+ opts->new_branch_force ? 1 : 0,
opts->new_branch_log, opts->track);
new->name = opts->new_branch;
setup_branch_path(new);
if (old->path && !strcmp(new->path, old->path))
fprintf(stderr, "Already on '%s'\n",
new->name);
- else
+ else if (opts->new_branch)
fprintf(stderr, "Switched to%s branch '%s'\n",
- opts->new_branch ? " a new" : "",
+ opts->branch_exists ? " and reset" : " a new",
+ new->name);
+ else
+ fprintf(stderr, "Switched to branch '%s'\n",
new->name);
}
if (old->path && old->name) {
int dwim_new_local_branch = 1;
struct option options[] = {
OPT__QUIET(&opts.quiet),
- OPT_STRING('b', NULL, &opts.new_branch, "new branch", "branch"),
+ OPT_STRING('b', NULL, &opts.new_branch, "branch",
+ "create and checkout a new branch"),
+ OPT_STRING('B', NULL, &opts.new_branch_force, "branch",
+ "create/reset and checkout a branch"),
OPT_BOOLEAN('l', NULL, &opts.new_branch_log, "log for new branch"),
OPT_SET_INT('t', "track", &opts.track, "track",
BRANCH_TRACK_EXPLICIT),
argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, options, checkout_usage,
PARSE_OPT_KEEP_DASHDASH);
+ /* we can assume from now on new_branch = !new_branch_force */
+ if (opts.new_branch && opts.new_branch_force)
+ die("-B cannot be used with -b");
+
+ /* copy -B over to -b, so that we can just check the latter */
+ if (opts.new_branch_force)
+ opts.new_branch = opts.new_branch_force;
+
if (patch_mode && (opts.track > 0 || opts.new_branch
|| opts.new_branch_log || opts.merge || opts.force))
die ("--patch is incompatible with all other options");
if (opts.new_orphan_branch) {
if (opts.new_branch)
- die("--orphan and -b are mutually exclusive");
+ die("--orphan and -b|-B are mutually exclusive");
if (opts.track > 0)
die("--orphan cannot be used with -t");
opts.new_branch = opts.new_orphan_branch;
if (strbuf_check_branch_ref(&buf, opts.new_branch))
die("git checkout: we do not like '%s' as a branch name.",
opts.new_branch);
- if (!get_sha1(buf.buf, rev))
- die("git checkout: branch %s already exists", opts.new_branch);
+ if (!get_sha1(buf.buf, rev)) {
+ opts.branch_exists = 1;
+ if (!opts.new_branch_force)
+ die("git checkout: branch %s already exists",
+ opts.new_branch);
+ }
strbuf_release(&buf);
}