branch/checkout --track: Ensure that upstream branch is indeed a branch

diff --git a/fast-import.c b/fast-import.c
index dd51ac48b60d93031aa761d6731dd066c04e6989..eab68d58c394a67f4805d77b0007b583e79e24b9 100644 (file)
--- a/fast-import.c
+++ b/fast-import.c
@@ -1528,6 +1528,14 @@ static int tree_content_remove(
        for (i = 0; i < t->entry_count; i++) {
                e = t->entries[i];
                if (e->name->str_len == n && !strncmp(p, e->name->str_dat, n)) {
+                       if (slash1 && !S_ISDIR(e->versions[1].mode))
+                               /*
+                                * If p names a file in some subdirectory, and a
+                                * file or symlink matching the name of the
+                                * parent directory of p exists, then p cannot
+                                * exist and need not be deleted.
+                                */
+                               return 1;
                        if (!slash1 || !S_ISDIR(e->versions[1].mode))
                                goto del_entry;
                        if (!e->tree)
@@ -2876,7 +2884,7 @@ static int git_pack_config(const char *k, const char *v, void *cb)
 }
 
 static const char fast_import_usage[] =
-"git fast-import [--date-format=f] [--max-pack-size=n] [--big-file-threshold=n] [--depth=n] [--active-branches=n] [--export-marks=marks.file]";
+"git fast-import [--date-format=<f>] [--max-pack-size=<n>] [--big-file-threshold=<n>] [--depth=<n>] [--active-branches=<n>] [--export-marks=<marks.file>]";
 
 static void parse_argv(void)
 {