cherry-pick: add --allow-empty-message option

diff --git a/builtin/checkout.c b/builtin/checkout.c
index c93efe4d9815c8fbbb3ff0ee994e1736b26a3efd..e8c1b1f189f077529ef2a79accb46ef21a9b8fe7 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin/checkout.c
+++ b/builtin/checkout.c
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ static int reset_tree(struct tree *tree, struct checkout_opts *o, int worktree)
        opts.reset = 1;
        opts.merge = 1;
        opts.fn = oneway_merge;
-       opts.verbose_update = !o->quiet;
+       opts.verbose_update = !o->quiet && isatty(2);
        opts.src_index = &the_index;
        opts.dst_index = &the_index;
        parse_tree(tree);
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ static int merge_working_tree(struct checkout_opts *opts,
                topts.update = 1;
                topts.merge = 1;
                topts.gently = opts->merge && old->commit;
-               topts.verbose_update = !opts->quiet;
+               topts.verbose_update = !opts->quiet && isatty(2);
                topts.fn = twoway_merge;
                if (opts->overwrite_ignore) {
                        topts.dir = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*topts.dir));
@@ -1092,7 +1092,7 @@ 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) {
+       if (!new.commit && opts.new_branch) {
                unsigned char rev[20];
                int flag;