return 1;
}
+static int check_tracking_branch(struct remote *remote, void *cb_data)
+{
+ char *tracking_branch = cb_data;
+ struct refspec query;
+ memset(&query, 0, sizeof(struct refspec));
+ query.dst = tracking_branch;
+ return !(remote_find_tracking(remote, &query) ||
+ prefixcmp(query.src, "refs/heads/"));
+}
+
+static int validate_remote_tracking_branch(char *ref)
+{
+ return !for_each_remote(check_tracking_branch, ref);
+}
+
+static const char upstream_not_branch[] =
+N_("Cannot setup tracking information; starting point '%s' is not a branch.");
+static const char upstream_missing[] =
+N_("the requested upstream branch '%s' does not exist");
+static const char upstream_advice[] =
+N_("\n"
+"If you are planning on basing your work on an upstream\n"
+"branch that already exists at the remote, you may need to\n"
+"run \"git fetch\" to retrieve it.\n"
+"\n"
+"If you are planning to push out a new local branch that\n"
+"will track its remote counterpart, you may want to use\n"
+"\"git push -u\" to set the upstream config as you push.");
+
void create_branch(const char *head,
const char *name, const char *start_name,
int force, int reflog, int clobber_head,
}
real_ref = NULL;
- if (get_sha1(start_name, sha1))
+ if (get_sha1(start_name, sha1)) {
+ if (explicit_tracking) {
+ if (advice_set_upstream_failure) {
+ error(_(upstream_missing), start_name);
+ advise(_(upstream_advice));
+ exit(1);
+ }
+ die(_(upstream_missing), start_name);
+ }
die("Not a valid object name: '%s'.", start_name);
+ }
switch (dwim_ref(start_name, strlen(start_name), sha1, &real_ref)) {
case 0:
/* Not branching from any existing branch */
if (explicit_tracking)
- die("Cannot setup tracking information; starting point is not a branch.");
+ die(_(upstream_not_branch), start_name);
break;
case 1:
/* Unique completion -- good, only if it is a real branch */
if (prefixcmp(real_ref, "refs/heads/") &&
- prefixcmp(real_ref, "refs/remotes/")) {
+ validate_remote_tracking_branch(real_ref)) {
if (explicit_tracking)
- die("Cannot setup tracking information; starting point is not a branch.");
+ die(_(upstream_not_branch), start_name);
else
real_ref = NULL;
}