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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"
22 static const char * const checkout_usage[] = {
23 "git checkout [options] <branch>",
24 "git checkout [options] [<branch>] -- <file>...",
25 NULL,
28 struct checkout_opts {
29 int quiet;
30 int merge;
31 int force;
32 int writeout_stage;
33 int writeout_error;
35 const char *new_branch;
36 const char *new_orphan_branch;
37 int new_branch_log;
38 enum branch_track track;
41 static int post_checkout_hook(struct commit *old, struct commit *new,
42 int changed)
44 return run_hook(NULL, "post-checkout",
45 sha1_to_hex(old ? old->object.sha1 : null_sha1),
46 sha1_to_hex(new ? new->object.sha1 : null_sha1),
47 changed ? "1" : "0", NULL);
48 /* "new" can be NULL when checking out from the index before
49 a commit exists. */
53 static int update_some(const unsigned char *sha1, const char *base, int baselen,
54 const char *pathname, unsigned mode, int stage, void *context)
56 int len;
57 struct cache_entry *ce;
59 if (S_ISDIR(mode))
60 return READ_TREE_RECURSIVE;
62 len = baselen + strlen(pathname);
63 ce = xcalloc(1, cache_entry_size(len));
64 hashcpy(ce->sha1, sha1);
65 memcpy(ce->name, base, baselen);
66 memcpy(ce->name + baselen, pathname, len - baselen);
67 ce->ce_flags = create_ce_flags(len, 0);
68 ce->ce_mode = create_ce_mode(mode);
69 add_cache_entry(ce, ADD_CACHE_OK_TO_ADD | ADD_CACHE_OK_TO_REPLACE);
70 return 0;
73 static int read_tree_some(struct tree *tree, const char **pathspec)
75 read_tree_recursive(tree, "", 0, 0, pathspec, update_some, NULL);
77 /* update the index with the given tree's info
78 * for all args, expanding wildcards, and exit
79 * with any non-zero return code.
81 return 0;
84 static int skip_same_name(struct cache_entry *ce, int pos)
86 while (++pos < active_nr &&
87 !strcmp(active_cache[pos]->name, ce->name))
88 ; /* skip */
89 return pos;
92 static int check_stage(int stage, struct cache_entry *ce, int pos)
94 while (pos < active_nr &&
95 !strcmp(active_cache[pos]->name, ce->name)) {
96 if (ce_stage(active_cache[pos]) == stage)
97 return 0;
98 pos++;
100 return error("path '%s' does not have %s version",
101 ce->name,
102 (stage == 2) ? "our" : "their");
105 static int check_all_stages(struct cache_entry *ce, int pos)
107 if (ce_stage(ce) != 1 ||
108 active_nr <= pos + 2 ||
109 strcmp(active_cache[pos+1]->name, ce->name) ||
110 ce_stage(active_cache[pos+1]) != 2 ||
111 strcmp(active_cache[pos+2]->name, ce->name) ||
112 ce_stage(active_cache[pos+2]) != 3)
113 return error("path '%s' does not have all three versions",
114 ce->name);
115 return 0;
118 static int checkout_stage(int stage, struct cache_entry *ce, int pos,
119 struct checkout *state)
121 while (pos < active_nr &&
122 !strcmp(active_cache[pos]->name, ce->name)) {
123 if (ce_stage(active_cache[pos]) == stage)
124 return checkout_entry(active_cache[pos], state, NULL);
125 pos++;
127 return error("path '%s' does not have %s version",
128 ce->name,
129 (stage == 2) ? "our" : "their");
132 static int checkout_merged(int pos, struct checkout *state)
134 struct cache_entry *ce = active_cache[pos];
135 const char *path = ce->name;
136 mmfile_t ancestor, ours, theirs;
137 int status;
138 unsigned char sha1[20];
139 mmbuffer_t result_buf;
141 if (ce_stage(ce) != 1 ||
142 active_nr <= pos + 2 ||
143 strcmp(active_cache[pos+1]->name, path) ||
144 ce_stage(active_cache[pos+1]) != 2 ||
145 strcmp(active_cache[pos+2]->name, path) ||
146 ce_stage(active_cache[pos+2]) != 3)
147 return error("path '%s' does not have all 3 versions", path);
149 read_mmblob(&ancestor, active_cache[pos]->sha1);
150 read_mmblob(&ours, active_cache[pos+1]->sha1);
151 read_mmblob(&theirs, active_cache[pos+2]->sha1);
153 status = ll_merge(&result_buf, path, &ancestor, "base",
154 &ours, "ours", &theirs, "theirs", 0);
155 free(ancestor.ptr);
156 free(ours.ptr);
157 free(theirs.ptr);
158 if (status < 0 || !result_buf.ptr) {
159 free(result_buf.ptr);
160 return error("path '%s': cannot merge", path);
164 * NEEDSWORK:
165 * There is absolutely no reason to write this as a blob object
166 * and create a phony cache entry just to leak. This hack is
167 * primarily to get to the write_entry() machinery that massages
168 * the contents to work-tree format and writes out which only
169 * allows it for a cache entry. The code in write_entry() needs
170 * to be refactored to allow us to feed a <buffer, size, mode>
171 * instead of a cache entry. Such a refactoring would help
172 * merge_recursive as well (it also writes the merge result to the
173 * object database even when it may contain conflicts).
175 if (write_sha1_file(result_buf.ptr, result_buf.size,
176 blob_type, sha1))
177 die("Unable to add merge result for '%s'", path);
178 ce = make_cache_entry(create_ce_mode(active_cache[pos+1]->ce_mode),
179 sha1,
180 path, 2, 0);
181 if (!ce)
182 die("make_cache_entry failed for path '%s'", path);
183 status = checkout_entry(ce, state, NULL);
184 return status;
187 static int checkout_paths(struct tree *source_tree, const char **pathspec,
188 struct checkout_opts *opts)
190 int pos;
191 struct checkout state;
192 static char *ps_matched;
193 unsigned char rev[20];
194 int flag;
195 struct commit *head;
196 int errs = 0;
197 int stage = opts->writeout_stage;
198 int merge = opts->merge;
199 int newfd;
200 struct lock_file *lock_file = xcalloc(1, sizeof(struct lock_file));
202 newfd = hold_locked_index(lock_file, 1);
203 if (read_cache_preload(pathspec) < 0)
204 return error("corrupt index file");
206 if (source_tree)
207 read_tree_some(source_tree, pathspec);
209 for (pos = 0; pathspec[pos]; pos++)
211 ps_matched = xcalloc(1, pos);
213 for (pos = 0; pos < active_nr; pos++) {
214 struct cache_entry *ce = active_cache[pos];
215 match_pathspec(pathspec, ce->name, ce_namelen(ce), 0, ps_matched);
218 if (report_path_error(ps_matched, pathspec, 0))
219 return 1;
221 /* "checkout -m path" to recreate conflicted state */
222 if (opts->merge)
223 unmerge_cache(pathspec);
225 /* Any unmerged paths? */
226 for (pos = 0; pos < active_nr; pos++) {
227 struct cache_entry *ce = active_cache[pos];
228 if (match_pathspec(pathspec, ce->name, ce_namelen(ce), 0, NULL)) {
229 if (!ce_stage(ce))
230 continue;
231 if (opts->force) {
232 warning("path '%s' is unmerged", ce->name);
233 } else if (stage) {
234 errs |= check_stage(stage, ce, pos);
235 } else if (opts->merge) {
236 errs |= check_all_stages(ce, pos);
237 } else {
238 errs = 1;
239 error("path '%s' is unmerged", ce->name);
241 pos = skip_same_name(ce, pos) - 1;
244 if (errs)
245 return 1;
247 /* Now we are committed to check them out */
248 memset(&state, 0, sizeof(state));
249 state.force = 1;
250 state.refresh_cache = 1;
251 for (pos = 0; pos < active_nr; pos++) {
252 struct cache_entry *ce = active_cache[pos];
253 if (match_pathspec(pathspec, ce->name, ce_namelen(ce), 0, NULL)) {
254 if (!ce_stage(ce)) {
255 errs |= checkout_entry(ce, &state, NULL);
256 continue;
258 if (stage)
259 errs |= checkout_stage(stage, ce, pos, &state);
260 else if (merge)
261 errs |= checkout_merged(pos, &state);
262 pos = skip_same_name(ce, pos) - 1;
266 if (write_cache(newfd, active_cache, active_nr) ||
267 commit_locked_index(lock_file))
268 die("unable to write new index file");
270 resolve_ref("HEAD", rev, 0, &flag);
271 head = lookup_commit_reference_gently(rev, 1);
273 errs |= post_checkout_hook(head, head, 0);
274 return errs;
277 static void show_local_changes(struct object *head)
279 struct rev_info rev;
280 /* I think we want full paths, even if we're in a subdirectory. */
281 init_revisions(&rev, NULL);
282 rev.diffopt.output_format |= DIFF_FORMAT_NAME_STATUS;
283 if (diff_setup_done(&rev.diffopt) < 0)
284 die("diff_setup_done failed");
285 add_pending_object(&rev, head, NULL);
286 run_diff_index(&rev, 0);
289 static void describe_detached_head(char *msg, struct commit *commit)
291 struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
292 struct pretty_print_context ctx = {0};
293 parse_commit(commit);
294 pretty_print_commit(CMIT_FMT_ONELINE, commit, &sb, &ctx);
295 fprintf(stderr, "%s %s... %s\n", msg,
296 find_unique_abbrev(commit->object.sha1, DEFAULT_ABBREV), sb.buf);
297 strbuf_release(&sb);
300 static int reset_tree(struct tree *tree, struct checkout_opts *o, int worktree)
302 struct unpack_trees_options opts;
303 struct tree_desc tree_desc;
305 memset(&opts, 0, sizeof(opts));
306 opts.head_idx = -1;
307 opts.update = worktree;
308 opts.skip_unmerged = !worktree;
309 opts.reset = 1;
310 opts.merge = 1;
311 opts.fn = oneway_merge;
312 opts.verbose_update = !o->quiet;
313 opts.src_index = &the_index;
314 opts.dst_index = &the_index;
315 parse_tree(tree);
316 init_tree_desc(&tree_desc, tree->buffer, tree->size);
317 switch (unpack_trees(1, &tree_desc, &opts)) {
318 case -2:
319 o->writeout_error = 1;
321 * We return 0 nevertheless, as the index is all right
322 * and more importantly we have made best efforts to
323 * update paths in the work tree, and we cannot revert
324 * them.
326 case 0:
327 return 0;
328 default:
329 return 128;
333 struct branch_info {
334 const char *name; /* The short name used */
335 const char *path; /* The full name of a real branch */
336 struct commit *commit; /* The named commit */
339 static void setup_branch_path(struct branch_info *branch)
341 struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
343 strbuf_branchname(&buf, branch->name);
344 if (strcmp(buf.buf, branch->name))
345 branch->name = xstrdup(buf.buf);
346 strbuf_splice(&buf, 0, 0, "refs/heads/", 11);
347 branch->path = strbuf_detach(&buf, NULL);
350 static int merge_working_tree(struct checkout_opts *opts,
351 struct branch_info *old, struct branch_info *new)
353 int ret;
354 struct lock_file *lock_file = xcalloc(1, sizeof(struct lock_file));
355 int newfd = hold_locked_index(lock_file, 1);
357 if (read_cache_preload(NULL) < 0)
358 return error("corrupt index file");
360 resolve_undo_clear();
361 if (opts->force) {
362 ret = reset_tree(new->commit->tree, opts, 1);
363 if (ret)
364 return ret;
365 } else {
366 struct tree_desc trees[2];
367 struct tree *tree;
368 struct unpack_trees_options topts;
370 memset(&topts, 0, sizeof(topts));
371 topts.head_idx = -1;
372 topts.src_index = &the_index;
373 topts.dst_index = &the_index;
375 topts.msgs.not_uptodate_file = "You have local changes to '%s'; cannot switch branches.";
377 refresh_cache(REFRESH_QUIET);
379 if (unmerged_cache()) {
380 error("you need to resolve your current index first");
381 return 1;
384 /* 2-way merge to the new branch */
385 topts.initial_checkout = is_cache_unborn();
386 topts.update = 1;
387 topts.merge = 1;
388 topts.gently = opts->merge && old->commit;
389 topts.verbose_update = !opts->quiet;
390 topts.fn = twoway_merge;
391 topts.dir = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*topts.dir));
392 topts.dir->flags |= DIR_SHOW_IGNORED;
393 topts.dir->exclude_per_dir = ".gitignore";
394 tree = parse_tree_indirect(old->commit ?
395 old->commit->object.sha1 :
396 (unsigned char *)EMPTY_TREE_SHA1_BIN);
397 init_tree_desc(&trees[0], tree->buffer, tree->size);
398 tree = parse_tree_indirect(new->commit->object.sha1);
399 init_tree_desc(&trees[1], tree->buffer, tree->size);
401 ret = unpack_trees(2, trees, &topts);
402 if (ret == -1) {
404 * Unpack couldn't do a trivial merge; either
405 * give up or do a real merge, depending on
406 * whether the merge flag was used.
408 struct tree *result;
409 struct tree *work;
410 struct merge_options o;
411 if (!opts->merge)
412 return 1;
415 * Without old->commit, the below is the same as
416 * the two-tree unpack we already tried and failed.
418 if (!old->commit)
419 return 1;
421 /* Do more real merge */
424 * We update the index fully, then write the
425 * tree from the index, then merge the new
426 * branch with the current tree, with the old
427 * branch as the base. Then we reset the index
428 * (but not the working tree) to the new
429 * branch, leaving the working tree as the
430 * merged version, but skipping unmerged
431 * entries in the index.
434 add_files_to_cache(NULL, NULL, 0);
435 init_merge_options(&o);
436 o.verbosity = 0;
437 work = write_tree_from_memory(&o);
439 ret = reset_tree(new->commit->tree, opts, 1);
440 if (ret)
441 return ret;
442 o.ancestor = old->name;
443 o.branch1 = new->name;
444 o.branch2 = "local";
445 merge_trees(&o, new->commit->tree, work,
446 old->commit->tree, &result);
447 ret = reset_tree(new->commit->tree, opts, 0);
448 if (ret)
449 return ret;
453 if (write_cache(newfd, active_cache, active_nr) ||
454 commit_locked_index(lock_file))
455 die("unable to write new index file");
457 if (!opts->force && !opts->quiet)
458 show_local_changes(&new->commit->object);
460 return 0;
463 static void report_tracking(struct branch_info *new)
465 struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
466 struct branch *branch = branch_get(new->name);
468 if (!format_tracking_info(branch, &sb))
469 return;
470 fputs(sb.buf, stdout);
471 strbuf_release(&sb);
474 static void detach_advice(const char *old_path, const char *new_name)
476 const char fmt[] =
477 "Note: checking out '%s'.\n\n"
478 "You are in 'detached HEAD' state. You can look around, make experimental\n"
479 "changes and commit them, and you can discard any commits you make in this\n"
480 "state without impacting any branches by performing another checkout.\n\n"
481 "If you want to create a new branch to retain commits you create, you may\n"
482 "do so (now or later) by using -b with the checkout command again. Example:\n\n"
483 " git checkout -b new_branch_name\n\n";
485 fprintf(stderr, fmt, new_name);
488 static void update_refs_for_switch(struct checkout_opts *opts,
489 struct branch_info *old,
490 struct branch_info *new)
492 struct strbuf msg = STRBUF_INIT;
493 const char *old_desc;
494 if (opts->new_branch) {
495 if (opts->new_orphan_branch) {
496 if (opts->new_branch_log && !log_all_ref_updates) {
497 int temp;
498 char log_file[PATH_MAX];
499 char *ref_name = mkpath("refs/heads/%s", opts->new_orphan_branch);
501 temp = log_all_ref_updates;
502 log_all_ref_updates = 1;
503 if (log_ref_setup(ref_name, log_file, sizeof(log_file))) {
504 fprintf(stderr, "Can not do reflog for '%s'\n",
505 opts->new_orphan_branch);
506 log_all_ref_updates = temp;
507 return;
509 log_all_ref_updates = temp;
512 else
513 create_branch(old->name, opts->new_branch, new->name, 0,
514 opts->new_branch_log, opts->track);
515 new->name = opts->new_branch;
516 setup_branch_path(new);
519 old_desc = old->name;
520 if (!old_desc && old->commit)
521 old_desc = sha1_to_hex(old->commit->object.sha1);
522 strbuf_addf(&msg, "checkout: moving from %s to %s",
523 old_desc ? old_desc : "(invalid)", new->name);
525 if (new->path) {
526 create_symref("HEAD", new->path, msg.buf);
527 if (!opts->quiet) {
528 if (old->path && !strcmp(new->path, old->path))
529 fprintf(stderr, "Already on '%s'\n",
530 new->name);
531 else
532 fprintf(stderr, "Switched to%s branch '%s'\n",
533 opts->new_branch ? " a new" : "",
534 new->name);
536 if (old->path && old->name) {
537 char log_file[PATH_MAX], ref_file[PATH_MAX];
539 git_snpath(log_file, sizeof(log_file), "logs/%s", old->path);
540 git_snpath(ref_file, sizeof(ref_file), "%s", old->path);
541 if (!file_exists(ref_file) && file_exists(log_file))
542 remove_path(log_file);
544 } else if (strcmp(new->name, "HEAD")) {
545 update_ref(msg.buf, "HEAD", new->commit->object.sha1, NULL,
546 REF_NODEREF, DIE_ON_ERR);
547 if (!opts->quiet) {
548 if (old->path && advice_detached_head)
549 detach_advice(old->path, new->name);
550 describe_detached_head("HEAD is now at", new->commit);
553 remove_branch_state();
554 strbuf_release(&msg);
555 if (!opts->quiet && (new->path || !strcmp(new->name, "HEAD")))
556 report_tracking(new);
559 static int switch_branches(struct checkout_opts *opts, struct branch_info *new)
561 int ret = 0;
562 struct branch_info old;
563 unsigned char rev[20];
564 int flag;
565 memset(&old, 0, sizeof(old));
566 old.path = resolve_ref("HEAD", rev, 0, &flag);
567 old.commit = lookup_commit_reference_gently(rev, 1);
568 if (!(flag & REF_ISSYMREF))
569 old.path = NULL;
571 if (old.path && !prefixcmp(old.path, "refs/heads/"))
572 old.name = old.path + strlen("refs/heads/");
574 if (!new->name) {
575 new->name = "HEAD";
576 new->commit = old.commit;
577 if (!new->commit)
578 die("You are on a branch yet to be born");
579 parse_commit(new->commit);
582 ret = merge_working_tree(opts, &old, new);
583 if (ret)
584 return ret;
587 * If we were on a detached HEAD, but have now moved to
588 * a new commit, we want to mention the old commit once more
589 * to remind the user that it might be lost.
591 if (!opts->quiet && !old.path && old.commit && new->commit != old.commit)
592 describe_detached_head("Previous HEAD position was", old.commit);
594 update_refs_for_switch(opts, &old, new);
596 ret = post_checkout_hook(old.commit, new->commit, 1);
597 return ret || opts->writeout_error;
600 static int git_checkout_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
602 return git_xmerge_config(var, value, cb);
605 static int interactive_checkout(const char *revision, const char **pathspec,
606 struct checkout_opts *opts)
608 return run_add_interactive(revision, "--patch=checkout", pathspec);
611 struct tracking_name_data {
612 const char *name;
613 char *remote;
614 int unique;
617 static int check_tracking_name(const char *refname, const unsigned char *sha1,
618 int flags, void *cb_data)
620 struct tracking_name_data *cb = cb_data;
621 const char *slash;
623 if (prefixcmp(refname, "refs/remotes/"))
624 return 0;
625 slash = strchr(refname + 13, '/');
626 if (!slash || strcmp(slash + 1, cb->name))
627 return 0;
628 if (cb->remote) {
629 cb->unique = 0;
630 return 0;
632 cb->remote = xstrdup(refname);
633 return 0;
636 static const char *unique_tracking_name(const char *name)
638 struct tracking_name_data cb_data = { NULL, NULL, 1 };
639 cb_data.name = name;
640 for_each_ref(check_tracking_name, &cb_data);
641 if (cb_data.unique)
642 return cb_data.remote;
643 free(cb_data.remote);
644 return NULL;
647 int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
649 struct checkout_opts opts;
650 unsigned char rev[20];
651 const char *arg;
652 struct branch_info new;
653 struct tree *source_tree = NULL;
654 char *conflict_style = NULL;
655 int patch_mode = 0;
656 int dwim_new_local_branch = 1;
657 struct option options[] = {
658 OPT__QUIET(&opts.quiet),
659 OPT_STRING('b', NULL, &opts.new_branch, "new branch", "branch"),
660 OPT_BOOLEAN('l', NULL, &opts.new_branch_log, "log for new branch"),
661 OPT_SET_INT('t', "track", &opts.track, "track",
662 BRANCH_TRACK_EXPLICIT),
663 OPT_STRING(0, "orphan", &opts.new_orphan_branch, "new branch", "new unparented branch"),
664 OPT_SET_INT('2', "ours", &opts.writeout_stage, "stage",
666 OPT_SET_INT('3', "theirs", &opts.writeout_stage, "stage",
668 OPT_BOOLEAN('f', "force", &opts.force, "force"),
669 OPT_BOOLEAN('m', "merge", &opts.merge, "merge"),
670 OPT_STRING(0, "conflict", &conflict_style, "style",
671 "conflict style (merge or diff3)"),
672 OPT_BOOLEAN('p', "patch", &patch_mode, "select hunks interactively"),
673 { OPTION_BOOLEAN, 0, "guess", &dwim_new_local_branch, NULL,
674 "second guess 'git checkout no-such-branch'",
675 PARSE_OPT_NOARG | PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN },
676 OPT_END(),
678 int has_dash_dash;
680 memset(&opts, 0, sizeof(opts));
681 memset(&new, 0, sizeof(new));
683 git_config(git_checkout_config, NULL);
685 opts.track = BRANCH_TRACK_UNSPECIFIED;
687 argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, options, checkout_usage,
688 PARSE_OPT_KEEP_DASHDASH);
690 if (patch_mode && (opts.track > 0 || opts.new_branch
691 || opts.new_branch_log || opts.merge || opts.force))
692 die ("--patch is incompatible with all other options");
694 /* --track without -b should DWIM */
695 if (0 < opts.track && !opts.new_branch) {
696 const char *argv0 = argv[0];
697 if (!argc || !strcmp(argv0, "--"))
698 die ("--track needs a branch name");
699 if (!prefixcmp(argv0, "refs/"))
700 argv0 += 5;
701 if (!prefixcmp(argv0, "remotes/"))
702 argv0 += 8;
703 argv0 = strchr(argv0, '/');
704 if (!argv0 || !argv0[1])
705 die ("Missing branch name; try -b");
706 opts.new_branch = argv0 + 1;
709 if (opts.new_orphan_branch) {
710 if (opts.new_branch)
711 die("--orphan and -b are mutually exclusive");
712 if (opts.track > 0)
713 die("--orphan cannot be used with -t");
714 opts.new_branch = opts.new_orphan_branch;
717 if (conflict_style) {
718 opts.merge = 1; /* implied */
719 git_xmerge_config("merge.conflictstyle", conflict_style, NULL);
722 if (opts.force && opts.merge)
723 die("git checkout: -f and -m are incompatible");
726 * case 1: git checkout <ref> -- [<paths>]
728 * <ref> must be a valid tree, everything after the '--' must be
729 * a path.
731 * case 2: git checkout -- [<paths>]
733 * everything after the '--' must be paths.
735 * case 3: git checkout <something> [<paths>]
737 * With no paths, if <something> is a commit, that is to
738 * switch to the branch or detach HEAD at it. As a special case,
739 * if <something> is A...B (missing A or B means HEAD but you can
740 * omit at most one side), and if there is a unique merge base
741 * between A and B, A...B names that merge base.
743 * With no paths, if <something> is _not_ a commit, no -t nor -b
744 * was given, and there is a tracking branch whose name is
745 * <something> in one and only one remote, then this is a short-hand
746 * to fork local <something> from that remote tracking branch.
748 * Otherwise <something> shall not be ambiguous.
749 * - If it's *only* a reference, treat it like case (1).
750 * - If it's only a path, treat it like case (2).
751 * - else: fail.
754 if (argc) {
755 if (!strcmp(argv[0], "--")) { /* case (2) */
756 argv++;
757 argc--;
758 goto no_reference;
761 arg = argv[0];
762 has_dash_dash = (argc > 1) && !strcmp(argv[1], "--");
764 if (!strcmp(arg, "-"))
765 arg = "@{-1}";
767 if (get_sha1_mb(arg, rev)) {
768 if (has_dash_dash) /* case (1) */
769 die("invalid reference: %s", arg);
770 if (!patch_mode &&
771 dwim_new_local_branch &&
772 opts.track == BRANCH_TRACK_UNSPECIFIED &&
773 !opts.new_branch &&
774 !check_filename(NULL, arg) &&
775 argc == 1) {
776 const char *remote = unique_tracking_name(arg);
777 if (!remote || get_sha1(remote, rev))
778 goto no_reference;
779 opts.new_branch = arg;
780 arg = remote;
781 /* DWIMmed to create local branch */
783 else
784 goto no_reference;
787 /* we can't end up being in (2) anymore, eat the argument */
788 argv++;
789 argc--;
791 new.name = arg;
792 if ((new.commit = lookup_commit_reference_gently(rev, 1))) {
793 setup_branch_path(&new);
795 if ((check_ref_format(new.path) == CHECK_REF_FORMAT_OK) &&
796 resolve_ref(new.path, rev, 1, NULL))
798 else
799 new.path = NULL;
800 parse_commit(new.commit);
801 source_tree = new.commit->tree;
802 } else
803 source_tree = parse_tree_indirect(rev);
805 if (!source_tree) /* case (1): want a tree */
806 die("reference is not a tree: %s", arg);
807 if (!has_dash_dash) {/* case (3 -> 1) */
809 * Do not complain the most common case
810 * git checkout branch
811 * even if there happen to be a file called 'branch';
812 * it would be extremely annoying.
814 if (argc)
815 verify_non_filename(NULL, arg);
817 else {
818 argv++;
819 argc--;
823 no_reference:
825 if (opts.track == BRANCH_TRACK_UNSPECIFIED)
826 opts.track = git_branch_track;
828 if (argc) {
829 const char **pathspec = get_pathspec(prefix, argv);
831 if (!pathspec)
832 die("invalid path specification");
834 if (patch_mode)
835 return interactive_checkout(new.name, pathspec, &opts);
837 /* Checkout paths */
838 if (opts.new_branch) {
839 if (argc == 1) {
840 die("git checkout: updating paths is incompatible with switching branches.\nDid you intend to checkout '%s' which can not be resolved as commit?", argv[0]);
841 } else {
842 die("git checkout: updating paths is incompatible with switching branches.");
846 if (1 < !!opts.writeout_stage + !!opts.force + !!opts.merge)
847 die("git checkout: --ours/--theirs, --force and --merge are incompatible when\nchecking out of the index.");
849 return checkout_paths(source_tree, pathspec, &opts);
852 if (patch_mode)
853 return interactive_checkout(new.name, NULL, &opts);
855 if (opts.new_branch) {
856 struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
857 if (strbuf_check_branch_ref(&buf, opts.new_branch))
858 die("git checkout: we do not like '%s' as a branch name.",
859 opts.new_branch);
860 if (!get_sha1(buf.buf, rev))
861 die("git checkout: branch %s already exists", opts.new_branch);
862 strbuf_release(&buf);
865 if (new.name && !new.commit) {
866 die("Cannot switch branch to a non-commit.");
868 if (opts.writeout_stage)
869 die("--ours/--theirs is incompatible with switching branches.");
871 return switch_branches(&opts, &new);