Merge branch 'nh/http' into next

diff --git a/git-checkout.sh b/git-checkout.sh
index 463ed2eaff906edaeb0f6d3f8138798e373c6495..564117f0064aba32e190a49106eaecfdb422b31e 100755 (executable)
--- a/git-checkout.sh
+++ b/git-checkout.sh
@@ -5,10 +5,13 @@ SUBDIRECTORY_OK=Sometimes
 . git-sh-setup
 
 old=$(git-rev-parse HEAD)
+old_name=HEAD
 new=
+new_name=
 force=
 branch=
 newbranch=
+newbranch_log=
 merge=
 while [ "$#" != "0" ]; do
     arg="$1"
@@ -24,6 +27,9 @@ while [ "$#" != "0" ]; do
                git-check-ref-format "heads/$newbranch" ||
                        die "git checkout: we do not like '$newbranch' as a branch name."
                ;;
+       "-l")
+               newbranch_log=1
+               ;;
        "-f")
                force=1
                ;;
@@ -44,6 +50,7 @@ while [ "$#" != "0" ]; do
                                exit 1
                        fi
                        new="$rev"
+                       new_name="$arg^0"
                        if [ -f "$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/$arg" ]; then
                                branch="$arg"
                        fi
@@ -51,9 +58,11 @@ while [ "$#" != "0" ]; do
                then
                        # checking out selected paths from a tree-ish.
                        new="$rev"
+                       new_name="$arg^{tree}"
                        branch=
                else
                        new=
+                       new_name=
                        branch=
                        set x "$arg" "$@"
                        shift
@@ -114,7 +123,7 @@ then
        cd "$cdup"
 fi
 
-[ -z "$new" ] && new=$old
+[ -z "$new" ] && new=$old && new_name="$old_name"
 
 # 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
@@ -144,7 +153,7 @@ else
        work=`git write-tree` &&
        git read-tree --reset $new &&
        git checkout-index -f -u -q -a &&
-       git read-tree -m -u $old $new $work || exit
+       git read-tree -m -u --aggressive $old $new $work || exit
 
        if result=`git write-tree 2>/dev/null`
        then
@@ -187,9 +196,11 @@ fi
 #
 if [ "$?" -eq 0 ]; then
        if [ "$newbranch" ]; then
-               leading=`expr "refs/heads/$newbranch" : '\(.*\)/'` &&
-               mkdir -p "$GIT_DIR/$leading" &&
-               echo $new >"$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/$newbranch" || exit
+               if [ "$newbranch_log" ]; then
+                       mkdir -p $(dirname "$GIT_DIR/logs/refs/heads/$newbranch")
+                       touch "$GIT_DIR/logs/refs/heads/$newbranch"
+               fi
+               git-update-ref -m "checkout: Created from $new_name" "refs/heads/$newbranch" $new || exit
                branch="$newbranch"
        fi
        [ "$branch" ] &&