clone: always fetch remote HEAD

diff --git a/builtin/checkout.c b/builtin/checkout.c
index a54583b3a4936b341820cf5c639e5647ce456a5a..e98576f22ee3aeb9caef3b18b3775b5aabb7da4b 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin/checkout.c
+++ b/builtin/checkout.c
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ static int checkout_merged(int pos, struct checkout *state)
         * merge.renormalize set, too
         */
        status = ll_merge(&result_buf, path, &ancestor, "base",
-                         &ours, "ours", &theirs, "theirs", 0);
+                         &ours, "ours", &theirs, "theirs", NULL);
        free(ancestor.ptr);
        free(ours.ptr);
        free(theirs.ptr);
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ static int merge_working_tree(struct checkout_opts *opts,
                topts.dir->exclude_per_dir = ".gitignore";
                tree = parse_tree_indirect(old->commit ?
                                           old->commit->object.sha1 :
-                                          (unsigned char *)EMPTY_TREE_SHA1_BIN);
+                                          EMPTY_TREE_SHA1_BIN);
                init_tree_desc(&trees[0], tree->buffer, tree->size);
                tree = parse_tree_indirect(new->commit->object.sha1);
                init_tree_desc(&trees[1], tree->buffer, tree->size);
@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ static const char *unique_tracking_name(const char *name)
 int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
        struct checkout_opts opts;
-       unsigned char rev[20];
+       unsigned char rev[20], branch_rev[20];
        const char *arg;
        struct branch_info new;
        struct tree *source_tree = NULL;
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
        int patch_mode = 0;
        int dwim_new_local_branch = 1;
        struct option options[] = {
-               OPT__QUIET(&opts.quiet),
+               OPT__QUIET(&opts.quiet, "suppress progress reporting"),
                OPT_STRING('b', NULL, &opts.new_branch, "branch",
                           "create and checkout a new branch"),
                OPT_STRING('B', NULL, &opts.new_branch_force, "branch",
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
                            2),
                OPT_SET_INT('3', "theirs", &opts.writeout_stage, "checkout their version for unmerged files",
                            3),
-               OPT_BOOLEAN('f', "force", &opts.force, "force checkout (throw away local modifications)"),
+               OPT__FORCE(&opts.force, "force checkout (throw away local modifications)"),
                OPT_BOOLEAN('m', "merge", &opts.merge, "perform a 3-way merge with the new branch"),
                OPT_STRING(0, "conflict", &conflict_style, "style",
                           "conflict style (merge or diff3)"),
@@ -784,9 +784,9 @@ int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
         *   between A and B, A...B names that merge base.
         *
         *   With no paths, if <something> is _not_ a commit, no -t nor -b
-        *   was given, and there is a tracking branch whose name is
+        *   was given, and there is a remote-tracking branch whose name is
         *   <something> in one and only one remote, then this is a short-hand
-        *   to fork local <something> from that remote tracking branch.
+        *   to fork local <something> from that remote-tracking branch.
         *
         *   Otherwise <something> shall not be ambiguous.
         *   - If it's *only* a reference, treat it like case (1).
@@ -832,18 +832,21 @@ int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
                argc--;
 
                new.name = arg;
-               if ((new.commit = lookup_commit_reference_gently(rev, 1))) {
-                       setup_branch_path(&new);
+               setup_branch_path(&new);
 
-                       if ((check_ref_format(new.path) == CHECK_REF_FORMAT_OK) &&
-                           resolve_ref(new.path, rev, 1, NULL))
-                               ;
-                       else
-                               new.path = NULL;
+               if (check_ref_format(new.path) == CHECK_REF_FORMAT_OK &&
+                   resolve_ref(new.path, branch_rev, 1, NULL))
+                       hashcpy(rev, branch_rev);
+               else
+                       new.path = NULL; /* not an existing branch */
+
+               if (!(new.commit = lookup_commit_reference_gently(rev, 1))) {
+                       /* not a commit */
+                       source_tree = parse_tree_indirect(rev);
+               } else {
                        parse_commit(new.commit);
                        source_tree = new.commit->tree;
-               } else
-                       source_tree = parse_tree_indirect(rev);
+               }
 
                if (!source_tree)                   /* case (1): want a tree */
                        die("reference is not a tree: %s", arg);