checkout $tree: do not throw away unchanged index entries
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1 #include "cache.h"
2 #include "builtin.h"
3 #include "parse-options.h"
4 #include "refs.h"
5 #include "commit.h"
6 #include "tree.h"
7 #include "tree-walk.h"
8 #include "cache-tree.h"
9 #include "unpack-trees.h"
10 #include "dir.h"
11 #include "run-command.h"
12 #include "merge-recursive.h"
13 #include "branch.h"
14 #include "diff.h"
15 #include "revision.h"
16 #include "remote.h"
17 #include "blob.h"
18 #include "xdiff-interface.h"
19 #include "ll-merge.h"
20 #include "resolve-undo.h"
21 #include "submodule.h"
22 #include "argv-array.h"
24 static const char * const checkout_usage[] = {
25 N_("git checkout [options] <branch>"),
26 N_("git checkout [options] [<branch>] -- <file>..."),
27 NULL,
30 struct checkout_opts {
31 int patch_mode;
32 int quiet;
33 int merge;
34 int force;
35 int force_detach;
36 int writeout_stage;
37 int overwrite_ignore;
38 int ignore_skipworktree;
40 const char *new_branch;
41 const char *new_branch_force;
42 const char *new_orphan_branch;
43 int new_branch_log;
44 enum branch_track track;
45 struct diff_options diff_options;
47 int branch_exists;
48 const char *prefix;
49 struct pathspec pathspec;
50 struct tree *source_tree;
53 static int post_checkout_hook(struct commit *old, struct commit *new,
54 int changed)
56 return run_hook(NULL, "post-checkout",
57 sha1_to_hex(old ? old->object.sha1 : null_sha1),
58 sha1_to_hex(new ? new->object.sha1 : null_sha1),
59 changed ? "1" : "0", NULL);
60 /* "new" can be NULL when checking out from the index before
61 a commit exists. */
65 static int update_some(const unsigned char *sha1, const char *base, int baselen,
66 const char *pathname, unsigned mode, int stage, void *context)
68 int len;
69 struct cache_entry *ce;
70 int pos;
72 if (S_ISDIR(mode))
73 return READ_TREE_RECURSIVE;
75 len = baselen + strlen(pathname);
76 ce = xcalloc(1, cache_entry_size(len));
77 hashcpy(ce->sha1, sha1);
78 memcpy(ce->name, base, baselen);
79 memcpy(ce->name + baselen, pathname, len - baselen);
80 ce->ce_flags = create_ce_flags(0) | CE_UPDATE;
81 ce->ce_namelen = len;
82 ce->ce_mode = create_ce_mode(mode);
85 * If the entry is the same as the current index, we can leave the old
86 * entry in place. Whether it is UPTODATE or not, checkout_entry will
87 * do the right thing.
89 pos = cache_name_pos(ce->name, ce->ce_namelen);
90 if (pos >= 0) {
91 struct cache_entry *old = active_cache[pos];
92 if (ce->ce_mode == old->ce_mode &&
93 !hashcmp(ce->sha1, old->sha1)) {
94 old->ce_flags |= CE_UPDATE;
95 free(ce);
96 return 0;
100 add_cache_entry(ce, ADD_CACHE_OK_TO_ADD | ADD_CACHE_OK_TO_REPLACE);
101 return 0;
104 static int read_tree_some(struct tree *tree, const struct pathspec *pathspec)
106 read_tree_recursive(tree, "", 0, 0, pathspec, update_some, NULL);
108 /* update the index with the given tree's info
109 * for all args, expanding wildcards, and exit
110 * with any non-zero return code.
112 return 0;
115 static int skip_same_name(const struct cache_entry *ce, int pos)
117 while (++pos < active_nr &&
118 !strcmp(active_cache[pos]->name, ce->name))
119 ; /* skip */
120 return pos;
123 static int check_stage(int stage, const struct cache_entry *ce, int pos)
125 while (pos < active_nr &&
126 !strcmp(active_cache[pos]->name, ce->name)) {
127 if (ce_stage(active_cache[pos]) == stage)
128 return 0;
129 pos++;
131 if (stage == 2)
132 return error(_("path '%s' does not have our version"), ce->name);
133 else
134 return error(_("path '%s' does not have their version"), ce->name);
137 static int check_stages(unsigned stages, const struct cache_entry *ce, int pos)
139 unsigned seen = 0;
140 const char *name = ce->name;
142 while (pos < active_nr) {
143 ce = active_cache[pos];
144 if (strcmp(name, ce->name))
145 break;
146 seen |= (1 << ce_stage(ce));
147 pos++;
149 if ((stages & seen) != stages)
150 return error(_("path '%s' does not have all necessary versions"),
151 name);
152 return 0;
155 static int checkout_stage(int stage, struct cache_entry *ce, int pos,
156 struct checkout *state)
158 while (pos < active_nr &&
159 !strcmp(active_cache[pos]->name, ce->name)) {
160 if (ce_stage(active_cache[pos]) == stage)
161 return checkout_entry(active_cache[pos], state, NULL);
162 pos++;
164 if (stage == 2)
165 return error(_("path '%s' does not have our version"), ce->name);
166 else
167 return error(_("path '%s' does not have their version"), ce->name);
170 static int checkout_merged(int pos, struct checkout *state)
172 struct cache_entry *ce = active_cache[pos];
173 const char *path = ce->name;
174 mmfile_t ancestor, ours, theirs;
175 int status;
176 unsigned char sha1[20];
177 mmbuffer_t result_buf;
178 unsigned char threeway[3][20];
179 unsigned mode = 0;
181 memset(threeway, 0, sizeof(threeway));
182 while (pos < active_nr) {
183 int stage;
184 stage = ce_stage(ce);
185 if (!stage || strcmp(path, ce->name))
186 break;
187 hashcpy(threeway[stage - 1], ce->sha1);
188 if (stage == 2)
189 mode = create_ce_mode(ce->ce_mode);
190 pos++;
191 ce = active_cache[pos];
193 if (is_null_sha1(threeway[1]) || is_null_sha1(threeway[2]))
194 return error(_("path '%s' does not have necessary versions"), path);
196 read_mmblob(&ancestor, threeway[0]);
197 read_mmblob(&ours, threeway[1]);
198 read_mmblob(&theirs, threeway[2]);
201 * NEEDSWORK: re-create conflicts from merges with
202 * merge.renormalize set, too
204 status = ll_merge(&result_buf, path, &ancestor, "base",
205 &ours, "ours", &theirs, "theirs", NULL);
206 free(ancestor.ptr);
207 free(ours.ptr);
208 free(theirs.ptr);
209 if (status < 0 || !result_buf.ptr) {
210 free(result_buf.ptr);
211 return error(_("path '%s': cannot merge"), path);
215 * NEEDSWORK:
216 * There is absolutely no reason to write this as a blob object
217 * and create a phony cache entry just to leak. This hack is
218 * primarily to get to the write_entry() machinery that massages
219 * the contents to work-tree format and writes out which only
220 * allows it for a cache entry. The code in write_entry() needs
221 * to be refactored to allow us to feed a <buffer, size, mode>
222 * instead of a cache entry. Such a refactoring would help
223 * merge_recursive as well (it also writes the merge result to the
224 * object database even when it may contain conflicts).
226 if (write_sha1_file(result_buf.ptr, result_buf.size,
227 blob_type, sha1))
228 die(_("Unable to add merge result for '%s'"), path);
229 ce = make_cache_entry(mode, sha1, path, 2, 0);
230 if (!ce)
231 die(_("make_cache_entry failed for path '%s'"), path);
232 status = checkout_entry(ce, state, NULL);
233 return status;
236 static int checkout_paths(const struct checkout_opts *opts,
237 const char *revision)
239 int pos;
240 struct checkout state;
241 static char *ps_matched;
242 unsigned char rev[20];
243 int flag;
244 struct commit *head;
245 int errs = 0;
246 int newfd;
247 struct lock_file *lock_file;
249 if (opts->track != BRANCH_TRACK_UNSPECIFIED)
250 die(_("'%s' cannot be used with updating paths"), "--track");
252 if (opts->new_branch_log)
253 die(_("'%s' cannot be used with updating paths"), "-l");
255 if (opts->force && opts->patch_mode)
256 die(_("'%s' cannot be used with updating paths"), "-f");
258 if (opts->force_detach)
259 die(_("'%s' cannot be used with updating paths"), "--detach");
261 if (opts->merge && opts->patch_mode)
262 die(_("'%s' cannot be used with %s"), "--merge", "--patch");
264 if (opts->force && opts->merge)
265 die(_("'%s' cannot be used with %s"), "-f", "-m");
267 if (opts->new_branch)
268 die(_("Cannot update paths and switch to branch '%s' at the same time."),
269 opts->new_branch);
271 if (opts->patch_mode)
272 return run_add_interactive(revision, "--patch=checkout",
273 &opts->pathspec);
275 lock_file = xcalloc(1, sizeof(struct lock_file));
277 newfd = hold_locked_index(lock_file, 1);
278 if (read_cache_preload(&opts->pathspec) < 0)
279 return error(_("corrupt index file"));
281 if (opts->source_tree)
282 read_tree_some(opts->source_tree, &opts->pathspec);
284 ps_matched = xcalloc(1, opts->pathspec.nr);
287 * Make sure all pathspecs participated in locating the paths
288 * to be checked out.
290 for (pos = 0; pos < active_nr; pos++) {
291 struct cache_entry *ce = active_cache[pos];
292 ce->ce_flags &= ~CE_MATCHED;
293 if (!opts->ignore_skipworktree && ce_skip_worktree(ce))
294 continue;
295 if (opts->source_tree && !(ce->ce_flags & CE_UPDATE))
297 * "git checkout tree-ish -- path", but this entry
298 * is in the original index; it will not be checked
299 * out to the working tree and it does not matter
300 * if pathspec matched this entry. We will not do
301 * anything to this entry at all.
303 continue;
305 * Either this entry came from the tree-ish we are
306 * checking the paths out of, or we are checking out
307 * of the index.
309 * If it comes from the tree-ish, we already know it
310 * matches the pathspec and could just stamp
311 * CE_MATCHED to it from update_some(). But we still
312 * need ps_matched and read_tree_recursive (and
313 * eventually tree_entry_interesting) cannot fill
314 * ps_matched yet. Once it can, we can avoid calling
315 * match_pathspec() for _all_ entries when
316 * opts->source_tree != NULL.
318 if (match_pathspec_depth(&opts->pathspec, ce->name, ce_namelen(ce),
319 0, ps_matched))
320 ce->ce_flags |= CE_MATCHED;
323 if (report_path_error(ps_matched, &opts->pathspec, opts->prefix)) {
324 free(ps_matched);
325 return 1;
327 free(ps_matched);
329 /* "checkout -m path" to recreate conflicted state */
330 if (opts->merge)
331 unmerge_marked_index(&the_index);
333 /* Any unmerged paths? */
334 for (pos = 0; pos < active_nr; pos++) {
335 const struct cache_entry *ce = active_cache[pos];
336 if (ce->ce_flags & CE_MATCHED) {
337 if (!ce_stage(ce))
338 continue;
339 if (opts->force) {
340 warning(_("path '%s' is unmerged"), ce->name);
341 } else if (opts->writeout_stage) {
342 errs |= check_stage(opts->writeout_stage, ce, pos);
343 } else if (opts->merge) {
344 errs |= check_stages((1<<2) | (1<<3), ce, pos);
345 } else {
346 errs = 1;
347 error(_("path '%s' is unmerged"), ce->name);
349 pos = skip_same_name(ce, pos) - 1;
352 if (errs)
353 return 1;
355 /* Now we are committed to check them out */
356 memset(&state, 0, sizeof(state));
357 state.force = 1;
358 state.refresh_cache = 1;
359 for (pos = 0; pos < active_nr; pos++) {
360 struct cache_entry *ce = active_cache[pos];
361 if (ce->ce_flags & CE_MATCHED) {
362 if (!ce_stage(ce)) {
363 errs |= checkout_entry(ce, &state, NULL);
364 continue;
366 if (opts->writeout_stage)
367 errs |= checkout_stage(opts->writeout_stage, ce, pos, &state);
368 else if (opts->merge)
369 errs |= checkout_merged(pos, &state);
370 pos = skip_same_name(ce, pos) - 1;
374 if (write_cache(newfd, active_cache, active_nr) ||
375 commit_locked_index(lock_file))
376 die(_("unable to write new index file"));
378 read_ref_full("HEAD", rev, 0, &flag);
379 head = lookup_commit_reference_gently(rev, 1);
381 errs |= post_checkout_hook(head, head, 0);
382 return errs;
385 static void show_local_changes(struct object *head,
386 const struct diff_options *opts)
388 struct rev_info rev;
389 /* I think we want full paths, even if we're in a subdirectory. */
390 init_revisions(&rev, NULL);
391 rev.diffopt.flags = opts->flags;
392 rev.diffopt.output_format |= DIFF_FORMAT_NAME_STATUS;
393 diff_setup_done(&rev.diffopt);
394 add_pending_object(&rev, head, NULL);
395 run_diff_index(&rev, 0);
398 static void describe_detached_head(const char *msg, struct commit *commit)
400 struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
401 parse_commit(commit);
402 pp_commit_easy(CMIT_FMT_ONELINE, commit, &sb);
403 fprintf(stderr, "%s %s... %s\n", msg,
404 find_unique_abbrev(commit->object.sha1, DEFAULT_ABBREV), sb.buf);
405 strbuf_release(&sb);
408 static int reset_tree(struct tree *tree, const struct checkout_opts *o,
409 int worktree, int *writeout_error)
411 struct unpack_trees_options opts;
412 struct tree_desc tree_desc;
414 memset(&opts, 0, sizeof(opts));
415 opts.head_idx = -1;
416 opts.update = worktree;
417 opts.skip_unmerged = !worktree;
418 opts.reset = 1;
419 opts.merge = 1;
420 opts.fn = oneway_merge;
421 opts.verbose_update = !o->quiet && isatty(2);
422 opts.src_index = &the_index;
423 opts.dst_index = &the_index;
424 parse_tree(tree);
425 init_tree_desc(&tree_desc, tree->buffer, tree->size);
426 switch (unpack_trees(1, &tree_desc, &opts)) {
427 case -2:
428 *writeout_error = 1;
430 * We return 0 nevertheless, as the index is all right
431 * and more importantly we have made best efforts to
432 * update paths in the work tree, and we cannot revert
433 * them.
435 case 0:
436 return 0;
437 default:
438 return 128;
442 struct branch_info {
443 const char *name; /* The short name used */
444 const char *path; /* The full name of a real branch */
445 struct commit *commit; /* The named commit */
448 static void setup_branch_path(struct branch_info *branch)
450 struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
452 strbuf_branchname(&buf, branch->name);
453 if (strcmp(buf.buf, branch->name))
454 branch->name = xstrdup(buf.buf);
455 strbuf_splice(&buf, 0, 0, "refs/heads/", 11);
456 branch->path = strbuf_detach(&buf, NULL);
459 static int merge_working_tree(const struct checkout_opts *opts,
460 struct branch_info *old,
461 struct branch_info *new,
462 int *writeout_error)
464 int ret;
465 struct lock_file *lock_file = xcalloc(1, sizeof(struct lock_file));
466 int newfd = hold_locked_index(lock_file, 1);
468 if (read_cache_preload(NULL) < 0)
469 return error(_("corrupt index file"));
471 resolve_undo_clear();
472 if (opts->force) {
473 ret = reset_tree(new->commit->tree, opts, 1, writeout_error);
474 if (ret)
475 return ret;
476 } else {
477 struct tree_desc trees[2];
478 struct tree *tree;
479 struct unpack_trees_options topts;
481 memset(&topts, 0, sizeof(topts));
482 topts.head_idx = -1;
483 topts.src_index = &the_index;
484 topts.dst_index = &the_index;
486 setup_unpack_trees_porcelain(&topts, "checkout");
488 refresh_cache(REFRESH_QUIET);
490 if (unmerged_cache()) {
491 error(_("you need to resolve your current index first"));
492 return 1;
495 /* 2-way merge to the new branch */
496 topts.initial_checkout = is_cache_unborn();
497 topts.update = 1;
498 topts.merge = 1;
499 topts.gently = opts->merge && old->commit;
500 topts.verbose_update = !opts->quiet && isatty(2);
501 topts.fn = twoway_merge;
502 if (opts->overwrite_ignore) {
503 topts.dir = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*topts.dir));
504 topts.dir->flags |= DIR_SHOW_IGNORED;
505 setup_standard_excludes(topts.dir);
507 tree = parse_tree_indirect(old->commit ?
508 old->commit->object.sha1 :
509 EMPTY_TREE_SHA1_BIN);
510 init_tree_desc(&trees[0], tree->buffer, tree->size);
511 tree = parse_tree_indirect(new->commit->object.sha1);
512 init_tree_desc(&trees[1], tree->buffer, tree->size);
514 ret = unpack_trees(2, trees, &topts);
515 if (ret == -1) {
517 * Unpack couldn't do a trivial merge; either
518 * give up or do a real merge, depending on
519 * whether the merge flag was used.
521 struct tree *result;
522 struct tree *work;
523 struct merge_options o;
524 if (!opts->merge)
525 return 1;
528 * Without old->commit, the below is the same as
529 * the two-tree unpack we already tried and failed.
531 if (!old->commit)
532 return 1;
534 /* Do more real merge */
537 * We update the index fully, then write the
538 * tree from the index, then merge the new
539 * branch with the current tree, with the old
540 * branch as the base. Then we reset the index
541 * (but not the working tree) to the new
542 * branch, leaving the working tree as the
543 * merged version, but skipping unmerged
544 * entries in the index.
547 add_files_to_cache(NULL, NULL, 0);
549 * NEEDSWORK: carrying over local changes
550 * when branches have different end-of-line
551 * normalization (or clean+smudge rules) is
552 * a pain; plumb in an option to set
553 * o.renormalize?
555 init_merge_options(&o);
556 o.verbosity = 0;
557 work = write_tree_from_memory(&o);
559 ret = reset_tree(new->commit->tree, opts, 1,
560 writeout_error);
561 if (ret)
562 return ret;
563 o.ancestor = old->name;
564 o.branch1 = new->name;
565 o.branch2 = "local";
566 merge_trees(&o, new->commit->tree, work,
567 old->commit->tree, &result);
568 ret = reset_tree(new->commit->tree, opts, 0,
569 writeout_error);
570 if (ret)
571 return ret;
575 if (write_cache(newfd, active_cache, active_nr) ||
576 commit_locked_index(lock_file))
577 die(_("unable to write new index file"));
579 if (!opts->force && !opts->quiet)
580 show_local_changes(&new->commit->object, &opts->diff_options);
582 return 0;
585 static void report_tracking(struct branch_info *new)
587 struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
588 struct branch *branch = branch_get(new->name);
590 if (!format_tracking_info(branch, &sb))
591 return;
592 fputs(sb.buf, stdout);
593 strbuf_release(&sb);
596 static void update_refs_for_switch(const struct checkout_opts *opts,
597 struct branch_info *old,
598 struct branch_info *new)
600 struct strbuf msg = STRBUF_INIT;
601 const char *old_desc, *reflog_msg;
602 if (opts->new_branch) {
603 if (opts->new_orphan_branch) {
604 if (opts->new_branch_log && !log_all_ref_updates) {
605 int temp;
606 char log_file[PATH_MAX];
607 char *ref_name = mkpath("refs/heads/%s", opts->new_orphan_branch);
609 temp = log_all_ref_updates;
610 log_all_ref_updates = 1;
611 if (log_ref_setup(ref_name, log_file, sizeof(log_file))) {
612 fprintf(stderr, _("Can not do reflog for '%s'\n"),
613 opts->new_orphan_branch);
614 log_all_ref_updates = temp;
615 return;
617 log_all_ref_updates = temp;
620 else
621 create_branch(old->name, opts->new_branch, new->name,
622 opts->new_branch_force ? 1 : 0,
623 opts->new_branch_log,
624 opts->new_branch_force ? 1 : 0,
625 opts->quiet,
626 opts->track);
627 new->name = opts->new_branch;
628 setup_branch_path(new);
631 old_desc = old->name;
632 if (!old_desc && old->commit)
633 old_desc = sha1_to_hex(old->commit->object.sha1);
635 reflog_msg = getenv("GIT_REFLOG_ACTION");
636 if (!reflog_msg)
637 strbuf_addf(&msg, "checkout: moving from %s to %s",
638 old_desc ? old_desc : "(invalid)", new->name);
639 else
640 strbuf_insert(&msg, 0, reflog_msg, strlen(reflog_msg));
642 if (!strcmp(new->name, "HEAD") && !new->path && !opts->force_detach) {
643 /* Nothing to do. */
644 } else if (opts->force_detach || !new->path) { /* No longer on any branch. */
645 update_ref(msg.buf, "HEAD", new->commit->object.sha1, NULL,
646 REF_NODEREF, DIE_ON_ERR);
647 if (!opts->quiet) {
648 if (old->path && advice_detached_head)
649 detach_advice(new->name);
650 describe_detached_head(_("HEAD is now at"), new->commit);
652 } else if (new->path) { /* Switch branches. */
653 create_symref("HEAD", new->path, msg.buf);
654 if (!opts->quiet) {
655 if (old->path && !strcmp(new->path, old->path)) {
656 if (opts->new_branch_force)
657 fprintf(stderr, _("Reset branch '%s'\n"),
658 new->name);
659 else
660 fprintf(stderr, _("Already on '%s'\n"),
661 new->name);
662 } else if (opts->new_branch) {
663 if (opts->branch_exists)
664 fprintf(stderr, _("Switched to and reset branch '%s'\n"), new->name);
665 else
666 fprintf(stderr, _("Switched to a new branch '%s'\n"), new->name);
667 } else {
668 fprintf(stderr, _("Switched to branch '%s'\n"),
669 new->name);
672 if (old->path && old->name) {
673 char log_file[PATH_MAX], ref_file[PATH_MAX];
675 git_snpath(log_file, sizeof(log_file), "logs/%s", old->path);
676 git_snpath(ref_file, sizeof(ref_file), "%s", old->path);
677 if (!file_exists(ref_file) && file_exists(log_file))
678 remove_path(log_file);
681 remove_branch_state();
682 strbuf_release(&msg);
683 if (!opts->quiet &&
684 (new->path || (!opts->force_detach && !strcmp(new->name, "HEAD"))))
685 report_tracking(new);
688 static int add_pending_uninteresting_ref(const char *refname,
689 const unsigned char *sha1,
690 int flags, void *cb_data)
692 add_pending_sha1(cb_data, refname, sha1, UNINTERESTING);
693 return 0;
696 static void describe_one_orphan(struct strbuf *sb, struct commit *commit)
698 parse_commit(commit);
699 strbuf_addstr(sb, " ");
700 strbuf_addstr(sb,
701 find_unique_abbrev(commit->object.sha1, DEFAULT_ABBREV));
702 strbuf_addch(sb, ' ');
703 pp_commit_easy(CMIT_FMT_ONELINE, commit, sb);
704 strbuf_addch(sb, '\n');
707 #define ORPHAN_CUTOFF 4
708 static void suggest_reattach(struct commit *commit, struct rev_info *revs)
710 struct commit *c, *last = NULL;
711 struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
712 int lost = 0;
713 while ((c = get_revision(revs)) != NULL) {
714 if (lost < ORPHAN_CUTOFF)
715 describe_one_orphan(&sb, c);
716 last = c;
717 lost++;
719 if (ORPHAN_CUTOFF < lost) {
720 int more = lost - ORPHAN_CUTOFF;
721 if (more == 1)
722 describe_one_orphan(&sb, last);
723 else
724 strbuf_addf(&sb, _(" ... and %d more.\n"), more);
727 fprintf(stderr,
729 /* The singular version */
730 "Warning: you are leaving %d commit behind, "
731 "not connected to\n"
732 "any of your branches:\n\n"
733 "%s\n",
734 /* The plural version */
735 "Warning: you are leaving %d commits behind, "
736 "not connected to\n"
737 "any of your branches:\n\n"
738 "%s\n",
739 /* Give ngettext() the count */
740 lost),
741 lost,
742 sb.buf);
743 strbuf_release(&sb);
745 if (advice_detached_head)
746 fprintf(stderr,
748 "If you want to keep them by creating a new branch, "
749 "this may be a good time\nto do so with:\n\n"
750 " git branch new_branch_name %s\n\n"),
751 find_unique_abbrev(commit->object.sha1, DEFAULT_ABBREV));
755 * We are about to leave commit that was at the tip of a detached
756 * HEAD. If it is not reachable from any ref, this is the last chance
757 * for the user to do so without resorting to reflog.
759 static void orphaned_commit_warning(struct commit *old, struct commit *new)
761 struct rev_info revs;
762 struct object *object = &old->object;
763 struct object_array refs;
765 init_revisions(&revs, NULL);
766 setup_revisions(0, NULL, &revs, NULL);
768 object->flags &= ~UNINTERESTING;
769 add_pending_object(&revs, object, sha1_to_hex(object->sha1));
771 for_each_ref(add_pending_uninteresting_ref, &revs);
772 add_pending_sha1(&revs, "HEAD", new->object.sha1, UNINTERESTING);
774 refs = revs.pending;
775 revs.leak_pending = 1;
777 if (prepare_revision_walk(&revs))
778 die(_("internal error in revision walk"));
779 if (!(old->object.flags & UNINTERESTING))
780 suggest_reattach(old, &revs);
781 else
782 describe_detached_head(_("Previous HEAD position was"), old);
784 clear_commit_marks_for_object_array(&refs, ALL_REV_FLAGS);
785 free(refs.objects);
788 static int switch_branches(const struct checkout_opts *opts,
789 struct branch_info *new)
791 int ret = 0;
792 struct branch_info old;
793 void *path_to_free;
794 unsigned char rev[20];
795 int flag, writeout_error = 0;
796 memset(&old, 0, sizeof(old));
797 old.path = path_to_free = resolve_refdup("HEAD", rev, 0, &flag);
798 old.commit = lookup_commit_reference_gently(rev, 1);
799 if (!(flag & REF_ISSYMREF))
800 old.path = NULL;
802 if (old.path && !prefixcmp(old.path, "refs/heads/"))
803 old.name = old.path + strlen("refs/heads/");
805 if (!new->name) {
806 new->name = "HEAD";
807 new->commit = old.commit;
808 if (!new->commit)
809 die(_("You are on a branch yet to be born"));
810 parse_commit(new->commit);
813 ret = merge_working_tree(opts, &old, new, &writeout_error);
814 if (ret) {
815 free(path_to_free);
816 return ret;
819 if (!opts->quiet && !old.path && old.commit && new->commit != old.commit)
820 orphaned_commit_warning(old.commit, new->commit);
822 update_refs_for_switch(opts, &old, new);
824 ret = post_checkout_hook(old.commit, new->commit, 1);
825 free(path_to_free);
826 return ret || writeout_error;
829 static int git_checkout_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
831 if (!strcmp(var, "diff.ignoresubmodules")) {
832 struct checkout_opts *opts = cb;
833 handle_ignore_submodules_arg(&opts->diff_options, value);
834 return 0;
837 if (!prefixcmp(var, "submodule."))
838 return parse_submodule_config_option(var, value);
840 return git_xmerge_config(var, value, NULL);
843 struct tracking_name_data {
844 /* const */ char *src_ref;
845 char *dst_ref;
846 unsigned char *dst_sha1;
847 int unique;
850 static int check_tracking_name(struct remote *remote, void *cb_data)
852 struct tracking_name_data *cb = cb_data;
853 struct refspec query;
854 memset(&query, 0, sizeof(struct refspec));
855 query.src = cb->src_ref;
856 if (remote_find_tracking(remote, &query) ||
857 get_sha1(query.dst, cb->dst_sha1)) {
858 free(query.dst);
859 return 0;
861 if (cb->dst_ref) {
862 free(query.dst);
863 cb->unique = 0;
864 return 0;
866 cb->dst_ref = query.dst;
867 return 0;
870 static const char *unique_tracking_name(const char *name, unsigned char *sha1)
872 struct tracking_name_data cb_data = { NULL, NULL, NULL, 1 };
873 char src_ref[PATH_MAX];
874 snprintf(src_ref, PATH_MAX, "refs/heads/%s", name);
875 cb_data.src_ref = src_ref;
876 cb_data.dst_sha1 = sha1;
877 for_each_remote(check_tracking_name, &cb_data);
878 if (cb_data.unique)
879 return cb_data.dst_ref;
880 free(cb_data.dst_ref);
881 return NULL;
884 static int parse_branchname_arg(int argc, const char **argv,
885 int dwim_new_local_branch_ok,
886 struct branch_info *new,
887 struct tree **source_tree,
888 unsigned char rev[20],
889 const char **new_branch)
891 int argcount = 0;
892 unsigned char branch_rev[20];
893 const char *arg;
894 int dash_dash_pos;
895 int has_dash_dash = 0;
896 int i;
899 * case 1: git checkout <ref> -- [<paths>]
901 * <ref> must be a valid tree, everything after the '--' must be
902 * a path.
904 * case 2: git checkout -- [<paths>]
906 * everything after the '--' must be paths.
908 * case 3: git checkout <something> [--]
910 * (a) If <something> is a commit, that is to
911 * switch to the branch or detach HEAD at it. As a special case,
912 * if <something> is A...B (missing A or B means HEAD but you can
913 * omit at most one side), and if there is a unique merge base
914 * between A and B, A...B names that merge base.
916 * (b) If <something> is _not_ a commit, either "--" is present
917 * or <something> is not a path, no -t nor -b was given, and
918 * and there is a tracking branch whose name is <something>
919 * in one and only one remote, then this is a short-hand to
920 * fork local <something> from that remote-tracking branch.
922 * (c) Otherwise, if "--" is present, treat it like case (1).
924 * (d) Otherwise :
925 * - if it's a reference, treat it like case (1)
926 * - else if it's a path, treat it like case (2)
927 * - else: fail.
929 * case 4: git checkout <something> <paths>
931 * The first argument must not be ambiguous.
932 * - If it's *only* a reference, treat it like case (1).
933 * - If it's only a path, treat it like case (2).
934 * - else: fail.
937 if (!argc)
938 return 0;
940 arg = argv[0];
941 dash_dash_pos = -1;
942 for (i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
943 if (!strcmp(argv[i], "--")) {
944 dash_dash_pos = i;
945 break;
948 if (dash_dash_pos == 0)
949 return 1; /* case (2) */
950 else if (dash_dash_pos == 1)
951 has_dash_dash = 1; /* case (3) or (1) */
952 else if (dash_dash_pos >= 2)
953 die(_("only one reference expected, %d given."), dash_dash_pos);
955 if (!strcmp(arg, "-"))
956 arg = "@{-1}";
958 if (get_sha1_mb(arg, rev)) {
960 * Either case (3) or (4), with <something> not being
961 * a commit, or an attempt to use case (1) with an
962 * invalid ref.
964 * It's likely an error, but we need to find out if
965 * we should auto-create the branch, case (3).(b).
967 int recover_with_dwim = dwim_new_local_branch_ok;
969 if (check_filename(NULL, arg) && !has_dash_dash)
970 recover_with_dwim = 0;
972 * Accept "git checkout foo" and "git checkout foo --"
973 * as candidates for dwim.
975 if (!(argc == 1 && !has_dash_dash) &&
976 !(argc == 2 && has_dash_dash))
977 recover_with_dwim = 0;
979 if (recover_with_dwim) {
980 const char *remote = unique_tracking_name(arg, rev);
981 if (remote) {
982 *new_branch = arg;
983 arg = remote;
984 /* DWIMmed to create local branch, case (3).(b) */
985 } else {
986 recover_with_dwim = 0;
990 if (!recover_with_dwim) {
991 if (has_dash_dash)
992 die(_("invalid reference: %s"), arg);
993 return argcount;
997 /* we can't end up being in (2) anymore, eat the argument */
998 argcount++;
999 argv++;
1000 argc--;
1002 new->name = arg;
1003 setup_branch_path(new);
1005 if (!check_refname_format(new->path, 0) &&
1006 !read_ref(new->path, branch_rev))
1007 hashcpy(rev, branch_rev);
1008 else
1009 new->path = NULL; /* not an existing branch */
1011 new->commit = lookup_commit_reference_gently(rev, 1);
1012 if (!new->commit) {
1013 /* not a commit */
1014 *source_tree = parse_tree_indirect(rev);
1015 } else {
1016 parse_commit(new->commit);
1017 *source_tree = new->commit->tree;
1020 if (!*source_tree) /* case (1): want a tree */
1021 die(_("reference is not a tree: %s"), arg);
1022 if (!has_dash_dash) {/* case (3).(d) -> (1) */
1024 * Do not complain the most common case
1025 * git checkout branch
1026 * even if there happen to be a file called 'branch';
1027 * it would be extremely annoying.
1029 if (argc)
1030 verify_non_filename(NULL, arg);
1031 } else {
1032 argcount++;
1033 argv++;
1034 argc--;
1037 return argcount;
1040 static int switch_unborn_to_new_branch(const struct checkout_opts *opts)
1042 int status;
1043 struct strbuf branch_ref = STRBUF_INIT;
1045 if (!opts->new_branch)
1046 die(_("You are on a branch yet to be born"));
1047 strbuf_addf(&branch_ref, "refs/heads/%s", opts->new_branch);
1048 status = create_symref("HEAD", branch_ref.buf, "checkout -b");
1049 strbuf_release(&branch_ref);
1050 if (!opts->quiet)
1051 fprintf(stderr, _("Switched to a new branch '%s'\n"),
1052 opts->new_branch);
1053 return status;
1056 static int checkout_branch(struct checkout_opts *opts,
1057 struct branch_info *new)
1059 if (opts->pathspec.nr)
1060 die(_("paths cannot be used with switching branches"));
1062 if (opts->patch_mode)
1063 die(_("'%s' cannot be used with switching branches"),
1064 "--patch");
1066 if (opts->writeout_stage)
1067 die(_("'%s' cannot be used with switching branches"),
1068 "--ours/--theirs");
1070 if (opts->force && opts->merge)
1071 die(_("'%s' cannot be used with '%s'"), "-f", "-m");
1073 if (opts->force_detach && opts->new_branch)
1074 die(_("'%s' cannot be used with '%s'"),
1075 "--detach", "-b/-B/--orphan");
1077 if (opts->new_orphan_branch) {
1078 if (opts->track != BRANCH_TRACK_UNSPECIFIED)
1079 die(_("'%s' cannot be used with '%s'"), "--orphan", "-t");
1080 } else if (opts->force_detach) {
1081 if (opts->track != BRANCH_TRACK_UNSPECIFIED)
1082 die(_("'%s' cannot be used with '%s'"), "--detach", "-t");
1083 } else if (opts->track == BRANCH_TRACK_UNSPECIFIED)
1084 opts->track = git_branch_track;
1086 if (new->name && !new->commit)
1087 die(_("Cannot switch branch to a non-commit '%s'"),
1088 new->name);
1090 if (!new->commit && opts->new_branch) {
1091 unsigned char rev[20];
1092 int flag;
1094 if (!read_ref_full("HEAD", rev, 0, &flag) &&
1095 (flag & REF_ISSYMREF) && is_null_sha1(rev))
1096 return switch_unborn_to_new_branch(opts);
1098 return switch_branches(opts, new);
1101 int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
1103 struct checkout_opts opts;
1104 struct branch_info new;
1105 char *conflict_style = NULL;
1106 int dwim_new_local_branch = 1;
1107 struct option options[] = {
1108 OPT__QUIET(&opts.quiet, N_("suppress progress reporting")),
1109 OPT_STRING('b', NULL, &opts.new_branch, N_("branch"),
1110 N_("create and checkout a new branch")),
1111 OPT_STRING('B', NULL, &opts.new_branch_force, N_("branch"),
1112 N_("create/reset and checkout a branch")),
1113 OPT_BOOL('l', NULL, &opts.new_branch_log, N_("create reflog for new branch")),
1114 OPT_BOOL(0, "detach", &opts.force_detach, N_("detach the HEAD at named commit")),
1115 OPT_SET_INT('t', "track", &opts.track, N_("set upstream info for new branch"),
1116 BRANCH_TRACK_EXPLICIT),
1117 OPT_STRING(0, "orphan", &opts.new_orphan_branch, N_("new branch"), N_("new unparented branch")),
1118 OPT_SET_INT('2', "ours", &opts.writeout_stage, N_("checkout our version for unmerged files"),
1120 OPT_SET_INT('3', "theirs", &opts.writeout_stage, N_("checkout their version for unmerged files"),
1122 OPT__FORCE(&opts.force, N_("force checkout (throw away local modifications)")),
1123 OPT_BOOL('m', "merge", &opts.merge, N_("perform a 3-way merge with the new branch")),
1124 OPT_BOOL(0, "overwrite-ignore", &opts.overwrite_ignore, N_("update ignored files (default)")),
1125 OPT_STRING(0, "conflict", &conflict_style, N_("style"),
1126 N_("conflict style (merge or diff3)")),
1127 OPT_BOOL('p', "patch", &opts.patch_mode, N_("select hunks interactively")),
1128 OPT_BOOL(0, "ignore-skip-worktree-bits", &opts.ignore_skipworktree,
1129 N_("do not limit pathspecs to sparse entries only")),
1130 OPT_HIDDEN_BOOL(0, "guess", &dwim_new_local_branch,
1131 N_("second guess 'git checkout no-such-branch'")),
1132 OPT_END(),
1135 memset(&opts, 0, sizeof(opts));
1136 memset(&new, 0, sizeof(new));
1137 opts.overwrite_ignore = 1;
1138 opts.prefix = prefix;
1140 gitmodules_config();
1141 git_config(git_checkout_config, &opts);
1143 opts.track = BRANCH_TRACK_UNSPECIFIED;
1145 argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, options, checkout_usage,
1146 PARSE_OPT_KEEP_DASHDASH);
1148 if (conflict_style) {
1149 opts.merge = 1; /* implied */
1150 git_xmerge_config("merge.conflictstyle", conflict_style, NULL);
1153 if ((!!opts.new_branch + !!opts.new_branch_force + !!opts.new_orphan_branch) > 1)
1154 die(_("-b, -B and --orphan are mutually exclusive"));
1157 * From here on, new_branch will contain the branch to be checked out,
1158 * and new_branch_force and new_orphan_branch will tell us which one of
1159 * -b/-B/--orphan is being used.
1161 if (opts.new_branch_force)
1162 opts.new_branch = opts.new_branch_force;
1164 if (opts.new_orphan_branch)
1165 opts.new_branch = opts.new_orphan_branch;
1167 /* --track without -b/-B/--orphan should DWIM */
1168 if (opts.track != BRANCH_TRACK_UNSPECIFIED && !opts.new_branch) {
1169 const char *argv0 = argv[0];
1170 if (!argc || !strcmp(argv0, "--"))
1171 die (_("--track needs a branch name"));
1172 if (!prefixcmp(argv0, "refs/"))
1173 argv0 += 5;
1174 if (!prefixcmp(argv0, "remotes/"))
1175 argv0 += 8;
1176 argv0 = strchr(argv0, '/');
1177 if (!argv0 || !argv0[1])
1178 die (_("Missing branch name; try -b"));
1179 opts.new_branch = argv0 + 1;
1183 * Extract branch name from command line arguments, so
1184 * all that is left is pathspecs.
1186 * Handle
1188 * 1) git checkout <tree> -- [<paths>]
1189 * 2) git checkout -- [<paths>]
1190 * 3) git checkout <something> [<paths>]
1192 * including "last branch" syntax and DWIM-ery for names of
1193 * remote branches, erroring out for invalid or ambiguous cases.
1195 if (argc) {
1196 unsigned char rev[20];
1197 int dwim_ok =
1198 !opts.patch_mode &&
1199 dwim_new_local_branch &&
1200 opts.track == BRANCH_TRACK_UNSPECIFIED &&
1201 !opts.new_branch;
1202 int n = parse_branchname_arg(argc, argv, dwim_ok,
1203 &new, &opts.source_tree,
1204 rev, &opts.new_branch);
1205 argv += n;
1206 argc -= n;
1209 if (argc) {
1210 parse_pathspec(&opts.pathspec, 0,
1211 opts.patch_mode ? PATHSPEC_PREFIX_ORIGIN : 0,
1212 prefix, argv);
1214 if (!opts.pathspec.nr)
1215 die(_("invalid path specification"));
1218 * Try to give more helpful suggestion.
1219 * new_branch && argc > 1 will be caught later.
1221 if (opts.new_branch && argc == 1)
1222 die(_("Cannot update paths and switch to branch '%s' at the same time.\n"
1223 "Did you intend to checkout '%s' which can not be resolved as commit?"),
1224 opts.new_branch, argv[0]);
1226 if (opts.force_detach)
1227 die(_("git checkout: --detach does not take a path argument '%s'"),
1228 argv[0]);
1230 if (1 < !!opts.writeout_stage + !!opts.force + !!opts.merge)
1231 die(_("git checkout: --ours/--theirs, --force and --merge are incompatible when\n"
1232 "checking out of the index."));
1235 if (opts.new_branch) {
1236 struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
1238 opts.branch_exists =
1239 validate_new_branchname(opts.new_branch, &buf,
1240 !!opts.new_branch_force,
1241 !!opts.new_branch_force);
1243 strbuf_release(&buf);
1246 if (opts.patch_mode || opts.pathspec.nr)
1247 return checkout_paths(&opts, new.name);
1248 else
1249 return checkout_branch(&opts, &new);