tests: move code to run tests under bash into a helper library

diff --git a/builtin/checkout.c b/builtin/checkout.c
index 5bf96ba4d41cc9c16bb5ccabe9857724ecfe2c12..23fc56d88d478593727fe1cd6d9694226b0ad72a 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin/checkout.c
+++ b/builtin/checkout.c
@@ -543,6 +543,7 @@ static void update_refs_for_switch(struct checkout_opts *opts,
                                      opts->new_branch_force ? 1 : 0,
                                      opts->new_branch_log,
                                      opts->new_branch_force ? 1 : 0,
+                                     opts->quiet,
                                      opts->track);
                new->name = opts->new_branch;
                setup_branch_path(new);
@@ -908,6 +909,17 @@ static int parse_branchname_arg(int argc, const char **argv,
        return argcount;
 }
 
+static int switch_unborn_to_new_branch(struct checkout_opts *opts)
+{
+       int status;
+       struct strbuf branch_ref = STRBUF_INIT;
+
+       strbuf_addf(&branch_ref, "refs/heads/%s", opts->new_branch);
+       status = create_symref("HEAD", branch_ref.buf, "checkout -b");
+       strbuf_release(&branch_ref);
+       return status;
+}
+
 int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
        struct checkout_opts opts;
@@ -1079,5 +1091,13 @@ int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
        if (opts.writeout_stage)
                die(_("--ours/--theirs is incompatible with switching branches."));
 
+       if (!new.commit) {
+               unsigned char rev[20];
+               int flag;
+
+               if (!read_ref_full("HEAD", rev, 0, &flag) &&
+                   (flag & REF_ISSYMREF) && is_null_sha1(rev))
+                       return switch_unborn_to_new_branch(&opts);
+       }
        return switch_branches(&opts, &new);
 }