git-am: Add am.keepcr and --no-keep-cr to override it
[gitweb.git] / builtin-checkout.c
index d0b1a728cb81e041c685b37014688f0684779132..c5ab7835e1fe260b9ec61f216bf198011eabf6f7 100644 (file)
@@ -488,6 +488,20 @@ static void report_tracking(struct branch_info *new)
        strbuf_release(&sb);
 }
 
+static void detach_advice(const char *old_path, const char *new_name)
+{
+       const char fmt[] =
+       "Note: checking out '%s'.\n\n"
+       "You are in 'detached HEAD' state. You can look around, make experimental\n"
+       "changes and commit them, and you can discard any commits you make in this\n"
+       "state without impacting any branches by performing another checkout.\n\n"
+       "If you want to create a new branch to retain commits you create, you may\n"
+       "do so (now or later) by using -b with the checkout command again. Example:\n\n"
+       "  git checkout -b new_branch_name\n\n";
+
+       fprintf(stderr, fmt, new_name);
+}
+
 static void update_refs_for_switch(struct checkout_opts *opts,
                                   struct branch_info *old,
                                   struct branch_info *new)
@@ -522,8 +536,8 @@ static void update_refs_for_switch(struct checkout_opts *opts,
                update_ref(msg.buf, "HEAD", new->commit->object.sha1, NULL,
                           REF_NODEREF, DIE_ON_ERR);
                if (!opts->quiet) {
-                       if (old->path)
-                               fprintf(stderr, "Note: moving to '%s' which isn't a local branch\nIf you want to create a new branch from this checkout, you may do so\n(now or later) by using -b with the checkout command again. Example:\n  git checkout -b <new_branch_name>\n", new->name);
+                       if (old->path && advice_detached_head)
+                               detach_advice(old->path, new->name);
                        describe_detached_head("HEAD is now at", new->commit);
                }
        }
@@ -758,8 +772,10 @@ int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
                new.name = arg;
                if ((new.commit = lookup_commit_reference_gently(rev, 1))) {
                        setup_branch_path(&new);
-                       if (resolve_ref(new.path, rev, 1, NULL))
-                               new.commit = lookup_commit_reference(rev);
+
+                       if ((check_ref_format(new.path) == CHECK_REF_FORMAT_OK) &&
+                           resolve_ref(new.path, rev, 1, NULL))
+                               ;
                        else
                                new.path = NULL;
                        parse_commit(new.commit);