3 #include "parse-options.h"
8 #include "cache-tree.h"
9 #include "unpack-trees.h"
11 #include "run-command.h"
12 #include "merge-recursive.h"
18 #include "xdiff-interface.h"
20 #include "resolve-undo.h"
21 #include "submodule.h"
23 static const char * const checkout_usage
[] = {
24 "git checkout [options] <branch>",
25 "git checkout [options] [<branch>] -- <file>...",
29 struct checkout_opts
{
36 /* not set by parse_options */
39 const char *new_branch
;
40 const char *new_branch_force
;
41 const char *new_orphan_branch
;
43 enum branch_track track
;
44 struct diff_options diff_options
;
47 static int post_checkout_hook(struct commit
*old
, struct commit
*new,
50 return run_hook(NULL
, "post-checkout",
51 sha1_to_hex(old
? old
->object
.sha1
: null_sha1
),
52 sha1_to_hex(new ? new->object
.sha1
: null_sha1
),
53 changed
? "1" : "0", NULL
);
54 /* "new" can be NULL when checking out from the index before
59 static int update_some(const unsigned char *sha1
, const char *base
, int baselen
,
60 const char *pathname
, unsigned mode
, int stage
, void *context
)
63 struct cache_entry
*ce
;
66 return READ_TREE_RECURSIVE
;
68 len
= baselen
+ strlen(pathname
);
69 ce
= xcalloc(1, cache_entry_size(len
));
70 hashcpy(ce
->sha1
, sha1
);
71 memcpy(ce
->name
, base
, baselen
);
72 memcpy(ce
->name
+ baselen
, pathname
, len
- baselen
);
73 ce
->ce_flags
= create_ce_flags(len
, 0);
74 ce
->ce_mode
= create_ce_mode(mode
);
75 add_cache_entry(ce
, ADD_CACHE_OK_TO_ADD
| ADD_CACHE_OK_TO_REPLACE
);
79 static int read_tree_some(struct tree
*tree
, const char **pathspec
)
81 read_tree_recursive(tree
, "", 0, 0, pathspec
, update_some
, NULL
);
83 /* update the index with the given tree's info
84 * for all args, expanding wildcards, and exit
85 * with any non-zero return code.
90 static int skip_same_name(struct cache_entry
*ce
, int pos
)
92 while (++pos
< active_nr
&&
93 !strcmp(active_cache
[pos
]->name
, ce
->name
))
98 static int check_stage(int stage
, struct cache_entry
*ce
, int pos
)
100 while (pos
< active_nr
&&
101 !strcmp(active_cache
[pos
]->name
, ce
->name
)) {
102 if (ce_stage(active_cache
[pos
]) == stage
)
106 return error("path '%s' does not have %s version",
108 (stage
== 2) ? "our" : "their");
111 static int check_all_stages(struct cache_entry
*ce
, int pos
)
113 if (ce_stage(ce
) != 1 ||
114 active_nr
<= pos
+ 2 ||
115 strcmp(active_cache
[pos
+1]->name
, ce
->name
) ||
116 ce_stage(active_cache
[pos
+1]) != 2 ||
117 strcmp(active_cache
[pos
+2]->name
, ce
->name
) ||
118 ce_stage(active_cache
[pos
+2]) != 3)
119 return error("path '%s' does not have all three versions",
124 static int checkout_stage(int stage
, struct cache_entry
*ce
, int pos
,
125 struct checkout
*state
)
127 while (pos
< active_nr
&&
128 !strcmp(active_cache
[pos
]->name
, ce
->name
)) {
129 if (ce_stage(active_cache
[pos
]) == stage
)
130 return checkout_entry(active_cache
[pos
], state
, NULL
);
133 return error("path '%s' does not have %s version",
135 (stage
== 2) ? "our" : "their");
138 static int checkout_merged(int pos
, struct checkout
*state
)
140 struct cache_entry
*ce
= active_cache
[pos
];
141 const char *path
= ce
->name
;
142 mmfile_t ancestor
, ours
, theirs
;
144 unsigned char sha1
[20];
145 mmbuffer_t result_buf
;
147 if (ce_stage(ce
) != 1 ||
148 active_nr
<= pos
+ 2 ||
149 strcmp(active_cache
[pos
+1]->name
, path
) ||
150 ce_stage(active_cache
[pos
+1]) != 2 ||
151 strcmp(active_cache
[pos
+2]->name
, path
) ||
152 ce_stage(active_cache
[pos
+2]) != 3)
153 return error("path '%s' does not have all 3 versions", path
);
155 read_mmblob(&ancestor
, active_cache
[pos
]->sha1
);
156 read_mmblob(&ours
, active_cache
[pos
+1]->sha1
);
157 read_mmblob(&theirs
, active_cache
[pos
+2]->sha1
);
160 * NEEDSWORK: re-create conflicts from merges with
161 * merge.renormalize set, too
163 status
= ll_merge(&result_buf
, path
, &ancestor
, "base",
164 &ours
, "ours", &theirs
, "theirs", NULL
);
168 if (status
< 0 || !result_buf
.ptr
) {
169 free(result_buf
.ptr
);
170 return error("path '%s': cannot merge", path
);
175 * There is absolutely no reason to write this as a blob object
176 * and create a phony cache entry just to leak. This hack is
177 * primarily to get to the write_entry() machinery that massages
178 * the contents to work-tree format and writes out which only
179 * allows it for a cache entry. The code in write_entry() needs
180 * to be refactored to allow us to feed a <buffer, size, mode>
181 * instead of a cache entry. Such a refactoring would help
182 * merge_recursive as well (it also writes the merge result to the
183 * object database even when it may contain conflicts).
185 if (write_sha1_file(result_buf
.ptr
, result_buf
.size
,
187 die("Unable to add merge result for '%s'", path
);
188 ce
= make_cache_entry(create_ce_mode(active_cache
[pos
+1]->ce_mode
),
192 die("make_cache_entry failed for path '%s'", path
);
193 status
= checkout_entry(ce
, state
, NULL
);
197 static int checkout_paths(struct tree
*source_tree
, const char **pathspec
,
198 struct checkout_opts
*opts
)
201 struct checkout state
;
202 static char *ps_matched
;
203 unsigned char rev
[20];
207 int stage
= opts
->writeout_stage
;
208 int merge
= opts
->merge
;
210 struct lock_file
*lock_file
= xcalloc(1, sizeof(struct lock_file
));
212 newfd
= hold_locked_index(lock_file
, 1);
213 if (read_cache_preload(pathspec
) < 0)
214 return error("corrupt index file");
217 read_tree_some(source_tree
, pathspec
);
219 for (pos
= 0; pathspec
[pos
]; pos
++)
221 ps_matched
= xcalloc(1, pos
);
223 for (pos
= 0; pos
< active_nr
; pos
++) {
224 struct cache_entry
*ce
= active_cache
[pos
];
225 match_pathspec(pathspec
, ce
->name
, ce_namelen(ce
), 0, ps_matched
);
228 if (report_path_error(ps_matched
, pathspec
, 0))
231 /* "checkout -m path" to recreate conflicted state */
233 unmerge_cache(pathspec
);
235 /* Any unmerged paths? */
236 for (pos
= 0; pos
< active_nr
; pos
++) {
237 struct cache_entry
*ce
= active_cache
[pos
];
238 if (match_pathspec(pathspec
, ce
->name
, ce_namelen(ce
), 0, NULL
)) {
242 warning("path '%s' is unmerged", ce
->name
);
244 errs
|= check_stage(stage
, ce
, pos
);
245 } else if (opts
->merge
) {
246 errs
|= check_all_stages(ce
, pos
);
249 error("path '%s' is unmerged", ce
->name
);
251 pos
= skip_same_name(ce
, pos
) - 1;
257 /* Now we are committed to check them out */
258 memset(&state
, 0, sizeof(state
));
260 state
.refresh_cache
= 1;
261 for (pos
= 0; pos
< active_nr
; pos
++) {
262 struct cache_entry
*ce
= active_cache
[pos
];
263 if (match_pathspec(pathspec
, ce
->name
, ce_namelen(ce
), 0, NULL
)) {
265 errs
|= checkout_entry(ce
, &state
, NULL
);
269 errs
|= checkout_stage(stage
, ce
, pos
, &state
);
271 errs
|= checkout_merged(pos
, &state
);
272 pos
= skip_same_name(ce
, pos
) - 1;
276 if (write_cache(newfd
, active_cache
, active_nr
) ||
277 commit_locked_index(lock_file
))
278 die("unable to write new index file");
280 resolve_ref("HEAD", rev
, 0, &flag
);
281 head
= lookup_commit_reference_gently(rev
, 1);
283 errs
|= post_checkout_hook(head
, head
, 0);
287 static void show_local_changes(struct object
*head
, struct diff_options
*opts
)
290 /* I think we want full paths, even if we're in a subdirectory. */
291 init_revisions(&rev
, NULL
);
292 rev
.diffopt
.flags
= opts
->flags
;
293 rev
.diffopt
.output_format
|= DIFF_FORMAT_NAME_STATUS
;
294 if (diff_setup_done(&rev
.diffopt
) < 0)
295 die("diff_setup_done failed");
296 add_pending_object(&rev
, head
, NULL
);
297 run_diff_index(&rev
, 0);
300 static void describe_detached_head(const char *msg
, struct commit
*commit
)
302 struct strbuf sb
= STRBUF_INIT
;
303 struct pretty_print_context ctx
= {0};
304 parse_commit(commit
);
305 pretty_print_commit(CMIT_FMT_ONELINE
, commit
, &sb
, &ctx
);
306 fprintf(stderr
, "%s %s... %s\n", msg
,
307 find_unique_abbrev(commit
->object
.sha1
, DEFAULT_ABBREV
), sb
.buf
);
311 static int reset_tree(struct tree
*tree
, struct checkout_opts
*o
, int worktree
)
313 struct unpack_trees_options opts
;
314 struct tree_desc tree_desc
;
316 memset(&opts
, 0, sizeof(opts
));
318 opts
.update
= worktree
;
319 opts
.skip_unmerged
= !worktree
;
322 opts
.fn
= oneway_merge
;
323 opts
.verbose_update
= !o
->quiet
;
324 opts
.src_index
= &the_index
;
325 opts
.dst_index
= &the_index
;
327 init_tree_desc(&tree_desc
, tree
->buffer
, tree
->size
);
328 switch (unpack_trees(1, &tree_desc
, &opts
)) {
330 o
->writeout_error
= 1;
332 * We return 0 nevertheless, as the index is all right
333 * and more importantly we have made best efforts to
334 * update paths in the work tree, and we cannot revert
345 const char *name
; /* The short name used */
346 const char *path
; /* The full name of a real branch */
347 struct commit
*commit
; /* The named commit */
350 static void setup_branch_path(struct branch_info
*branch
)
352 struct strbuf buf
= STRBUF_INIT
;
354 strbuf_branchname(&buf
, branch
->name
);
355 if (strcmp(buf
.buf
, branch
->name
))
356 branch
->name
= xstrdup(buf
.buf
);
357 strbuf_splice(&buf
, 0, 0, "refs/heads/", 11);
358 branch
->path
= strbuf_detach(&buf
, NULL
);
361 static int merge_working_tree(struct checkout_opts
*opts
,
362 struct branch_info
*old
, struct branch_info
*new)
365 struct lock_file
*lock_file
= xcalloc(1, sizeof(struct lock_file
));
366 int newfd
= hold_locked_index(lock_file
, 1);
368 if (read_cache_preload(NULL
) < 0)
369 return error("corrupt index file");
371 resolve_undo_clear();
373 ret
= reset_tree(new->commit
->tree
, opts
, 1);
377 struct tree_desc trees
[2];
379 struct unpack_trees_options topts
;
381 memset(&topts
, 0, sizeof(topts
));
383 topts
.src_index
= &the_index
;
384 topts
.dst_index
= &the_index
;
386 setup_unpack_trees_porcelain(&topts
, "checkout");
388 refresh_cache(REFRESH_QUIET
);
390 if (unmerged_cache()) {
391 error("you need to resolve your current index first");
395 /* 2-way merge to the new branch */
396 topts
.initial_checkout
= is_cache_unborn();
399 topts
.gently
= opts
->merge
&& old
->commit
;
400 topts
.verbose_update
= !opts
->quiet
;
401 topts
.fn
= twoway_merge
;
402 topts
.dir
= xcalloc(1, sizeof(*topts
.dir
));
403 topts
.dir
->flags
|= DIR_SHOW_IGNORED
;
404 topts
.dir
->exclude_per_dir
= ".gitignore";
405 tree
= parse_tree_indirect(old
->commit
?
406 old
->commit
->object
.sha1
:
407 EMPTY_TREE_SHA1_BIN
);
408 init_tree_desc(&trees
[0], tree
->buffer
, tree
->size
);
409 tree
= parse_tree_indirect(new->commit
->object
.sha1
);
410 init_tree_desc(&trees
[1], tree
->buffer
, tree
->size
);
412 ret
= unpack_trees(2, trees
, &topts
);
415 * Unpack couldn't do a trivial merge; either
416 * give up or do a real merge, depending on
417 * whether the merge flag was used.
421 struct merge_options o
;
426 * Without old->commit, the below is the same as
427 * the two-tree unpack we already tried and failed.
432 /* Do more real merge */
435 * We update the index fully, then write the
436 * tree from the index, then merge the new
437 * branch with the current tree, with the old
438 * branch as the base. Then we reset the index
439 * (but not the working tree) to the new
440 * branch, leaving the working tree as the
441 * merged version, but skipping unmerged
442 * entries in the index.
445 add_files_to_cache(NULL
, NULL
, 0);
447 * NEEDSWORK: carrying over local changes
448 * when branches have different end-of-line
449 * normalization (or clean+smudge rules) is
450 * a pain; plumb in an option to set
453 init_merge_options(&o
);
455 work
= write_tree_from_memory(&o
);
457 ret
= reset_tree(new->commit
->tree
, opts
, 1);
460 o
.ancestor
= old
->name
;
461 o
.branch1
= new->name
;
463 merge_trees(&o
, new->commit
->tree
, work
,
464 old
->commit
->tree
, &result
);
465 ret
= reset_tree(new->commit
->tree
, opts
, 0);
471 if (write_cache(newfd
, active_cache
, active_nr
) ||
472 commit_locked_index(lock_file
))
473 die("unable to write new index file");
475 if (!opts
->force
&& !opts
->quiet
)
476 show_local_changes(&new->commit
->object
, &opts
->diff_options
);
481 static void report_tracking(struct branch_info
*new)
483 struct strbuf sb
= STRBUF_INIT
;
484 struct branch
*branch
= branch_get(new->name
);
486 if (!format_tracking_info(branch
, &sb
))
488 fputs(sb
.buf
, stdout
);
492 static void detach_advice(const char *old_path
, const char *new_name
)
495 "Note: checking out '%s'.\n\n"
496 "You are in 'detached HEAD' state. You can look around, make experimental\n"
497 "changes and commit them, and you can discard any commits you make in this\n"
498 "state without impacting any branches by performing another checkout.\n\n"
499 "If you want to create a new branch to retain commits you create, you may\n"
500 "do so (now or later) by using -b with the checkout command again. Example:\n\n"
501 " git checkout -b new_branch_name\n\n";
503 fprintf(stderr
, fmt
, new_name
);
506 static void update_refs_for_switch(struct checkout_opts
*opts
,
507 struct branch_info
*old
,
508 struct branch_info
*new)
510 struct strbuf msg
= STRBUF_INIT
;
511 const char *old_desc
;
512 if (opts
->new_branch
) {
513 if (opts
->new_orphan_branch
) {
514 if (opts
->new_branch_log
&& !log_all_ref_updates
) {
516 char log_file
[PATH_MAX
];
517 char *ref_name
= mkpath("refs/heads/%s", opts
->new_orphan_branch
);
519 temp
= log_all_ref_updates
;
520 log_all_ref_updates
= 1;
521 if (log_ref_setup(ref_name
, log_file
, sizeof(log_file
))) {
522 fprintf(stderr
, "Can not do reflog for '%s'\n",
523 opts
->new_orphan_branch
);
524 log_all_ref_updates
= temp
;
527 log_all_ref_updates
= temp
;
531 create_branch(old
->name
, opts
->new_branch
, new->name
,
532 opts
->new_branch_force
? 1 : 0,
533 opts
->new_branch_log
, opts
->track
);
534 new->name
= opts
->new_branch
;
535 setup_branch_path(new);
538 old_desc
= old
->name
;
539 if (!old_desc
&& old
->commit
)
540 old_desc
= sha1_to_hex(old
->commit
->object
.sha1
);
541 strbuf_addf(&msg
, "checkout: moving from %s to %s",
542 old_desc
? old_desc
: "(invalid)", new->name
);
545 create_symref("HEAD", new->path
, msg
.buf
);
547 if (old
->path
&& !strcmp(new->path
, old
->path
))
548 fprintf(stderr
, "Already on '%s'\n",
550 else if (opts
->new_branch
)
551 fprintf(stderr
, "Switched to%s branch '%s'\n",
552 opts
->branch_exists
? " and reset" : " a new",
555 fprintf(stderr
, "Switched to branch '%s'\n",
558 if (old
->path
&& old
->name
) {
559 char log_file
[PATH_MAX
], ref_file
[PATH_MAX
];
561 git_snpath(log_file
, sizeof(log_file
), "logs/%s", old
->path
);
562 git_snpath(ref_file
, sizeof(ref_file
), "%s", old
->path
);
563 if (!file_exists(ref_file
) && file_exists(log_file
))
564 remove_path(log_file
);
566 } else if (strcmp(new->name
, "HEAD")) {
567 update_ref(msg
.buf
, "HEAD", new->commit
->object
.sha1
, NULL
,
568 REF_NODEREF
, DIE_ON_ERR
);
570 if (old
->path
&& advice_detached_head
)
571 detach_advice(old
->path
, new->name
);
572 describe_detached_head("HEAD is now at", new->commit
);
575 remove_branch_state();
576 strbuf_release(&msg
);
577 if (!opts
->quiet
&& (new->path
|| !strcmp(new->name
, "HEAD")))
578 report_tracking(new);
581 static int switch_branches(struct checkout_opts
*opts
, struct branch_info
*new)
584 struct branch_info old
;
585 unsigned char rev
[20];
587 memset(&old
, 0, sizeof(old
));
588 old
.path
= resolve_ref("HEAD", rev
, 0, &flag
);
589 old
.commit
= lookup_commit_reference_gently(rev
, 1);
590 if (!(flag
& REF_ISSYMREF
))
593 if (old
.path
&& !prefixcmp(old
.path
, "refs/heads/"))
594 old
.name
= old
.path
+ strlen("refs/heads/");
598 new->commit
= old
.commit
;
600 die("You are on a branch yet to be born");
601 parse_commit(new->commit
);
604 ret
= merge_working_tree(opts
, &old
, new);
609 * If we were on a detached HEAD, but have now moved to
610 * a new commit, we want to mention the old commit once more
611 * to remind the user that it might be lost.
613 if (!opts
->quiet
&& !old
.path
&& old
.commit
&& new->commit
!= old
.commit
)
614 describe_detached_head("Previous HEAD position was", old
.commit
);
616 update_refs_for_switch(opts
, &old
, new);
618 ret
= post_checkout_hook(old
.commit
, new->commit
, 1);
619 return ret
|| opts
->writeout_error
;
622 static int git_checkout_config(const char *var
, const char *value
, void *cb
)
624 if (!strcmp(var
, "diff.ignoresubmodules")) {
625 struct checkout_opts
*opts
= cb
;
626 handle_ignore_submodules_arg(&opts
->diff_options
, value
);
630 if (!prefixcmp(var
, "submodule."))
631 return parse_submodule_config_option(var
, value
);
633 return git_xmerge_config(var
, value
, NULL
);
636 static int interactive_checkout(const char *revision
, const char **pathspec
,
637 struct checkout_opts
*opts
)
639 return run_add_interactive(revision
, "--patch=checkout", pathspec
);
642 struct tracking_name_data
{
648 static int check_tracking_name(const char *refname
, const unsigned char *sha1
,
649 int flags
, void *cb_data
)
651 struct tracking_name_data
*cb
= cb_data
;
654 if (prefixcmp(refname
, "refs/remotes/"))
656 slash
= strchr(refname
+ 13, '/');
657 if (!slash
|| strcmp(slash
+ 1, cb
->name
))
663 cb
->remote
= xstrdup(refname
);
667 static const char *unique_tracking_name(const char *name
)
669 struct tracking_name_data cb_data
= { NULL
, NULL
, 1 };
671 for_each_ref(check_tracking_name
, &cb_data
);
673 return cb_data
.remote
;
674 free(cb_data
.remote
);
678 int cmd_checkout(int argc
, const char **argv
, const char *prefix
)
680 struct checkout_opts opts
;
681 unsigned char rev
[20];
683 struct branch_info
new;
684 struct tree
*source_tree
= NULL
;
685 char *conflict_style
= NULL
;
687 int dwim_new_local_branch
= 1;
688 struct option options
[] = {
689 OPT__QUIET(&opts
.quiet
, "suppress progress reporting"),
690 OPT_STRING('b', NULL
, &opts
.new_branch
, "branch",
691 "create and checkout a new branch"),
692 OPT_STRING('B', NULL
, &opts
.new_branch_force
, "branch",
693 "create/reset and checkout a branch"),
694 OPT_BOOLEAN('l', NULL
, &opts
.new_branch_log
, "create reflog for new branch"),
695 OPT_SET_INT('t', "track", &opts
.track
, "set upstream info for new branch",
696 BRANCH_TRACK_EXPLICIT
),
697 OPT_STRING(0, "orphan", &opts
.new_orphan_branch
, "new branch", "new unparented branch"),
698 OPT_SET_INT('2', "ours", &opts
.writeout_stage
, "checkout our version for unmerged files",
700 OPT_SET_INT('3', "theirs", &opts
.writeout_stage
, "checkout their version for unmerged files",
702 OPT__FORCE(&opts
.force
, "force checkout (throw away local modifications)"),
703 OPT_BOOLEAN('m', "merge", &opts
.merge
, "perform a 3-way merge with the new branch"),
704 OPT_STRING(0, "conflict", &conflict_style
, "style",
705 "conflict style (merge or diff3)"),
706 OPT_BOOLEAN('p', "patch", &patch_mode
, "select hunks interactively"),
707 { OPTION_BOOLEAN
, 0, "guess", &dwim_new_local_branch
, NULL
,
708 "second guess 'git checkout no-such-branch'",
709 PARSE_OPT_NOARG
| PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN
},
714 memset(&opts
, 0, sizeof(opts
));
715 memset(&new, 0, sizeof(new));
718 git_config(git_checkout_config
, &opts
);
720 opts
.track
= BRANCH_TRACK_UNSPECIFIED
;
722 argc
= parse_options(argc
, argv
, prefix
, options
, checkout_usage
,
723 PARSE_OPT_KEEP_DASHDASH
);
725 /* we can assume from now on new_branch = !new_branch_force */
726 if (opts
.new_branch
&& opts
.new_branch_force
)
727 die("-B cannot be used with -b");
729 /* copy -B over to -b, so that we can just check the latter */
730 if (opts
.new_branch_force
)
731 opts
.new_branch
= opts
.new_branch_force
;
733 if (patch_mode
&& (opts
.track
> 0 || opts
.new_branch
734 || opts
.new_branch_log
|| opts
.merge
|| opts
.force
))
735 die ("--patch is incompatible with all other options");
737 /* --track without -b should DWIM */
738 if (0 < opts
.track
&& !opts
.new_branch
) {
739 const char *argv0
= argv
[0];
740 if (!argc
|| !strcmp(argv0
, "--"))
741 die ("--track needs a branch name");
742 if (!prefixcmp(argv0
, "refs/"))
744 if (!prefixcmp(argv0
, "remotes/"))
746 argv0
= strchr(argv0
, '/');
747 if (!argv0
|| !argv0
[1])
748 die ("Missing branch name; try -b");
749 opts
.new_branch
= argv0
+ 1;
752 if (opts
.new_orphan_branch
) {
754 die("--orphan and -b|-B are mutually exclusive");
756 die("--orphan cannot be used with -t");
757 opts
.new_branch
= opts
.new_orphan_branch
;
760 if (conflict_style
) {
761 opts
.merge
= 1; /* implied */
762 git_xmerge_config("merge.conflictstyle", conflict_style
, NULL
);
765 if (opts
.force
&& opts
.merge
)
766 die("git checkout: -f and -m are incompatible");
769 * case 1: git checkout <ref> -- [<paths>]
771 * <ref> must be a valid tree, everything after the '--' must be
774 * case 2: git checkout -- [<paths>]
776 * everything after the '--' must be paths.
778 * case 3: git checkout <something> [<paths>]
780 * With no paths, if <something> is a commit, that is to
781 * switch to the branch or detach HEAD at it. As a special case,
782 * if <something> is A...B (missing A or B means HEAD but you can
783 * omit at most one side), and if there is a unique merge base
784 * between A and B, A...B names that merge base.
786 * With no paths, if <something> is _not_ a commit, no -t nor -b
787 * was given, and there is a remote-tracking branch whose name is
788 * <something> in one and only one remote, then this is a short-hand
789 * to fork local <something> from that remote-tracking branch.
791 * Otherwise <something> shall not be ambiguous.
792 * - If it's *only* a reference, treat it like case (1).
793 * - If it's only a path, treat it like case (2).
798 if (!strcmp(argv
[0], "--")) { /* case (2) */
805 has_dash_dash
= (argc
> 1) && !strcmp(argv
[1], "--");
807 if (!strcmp(arg
, "-"))
810 if (get_sha1_mb(arg
, rev
)) {
811 if (has_dash_dash
) /* case (1) */
812 die("invalid reference: %s", arg
);
814 dwim_new_local_branch
&&
815 opts
.track
== BRANCH_TRACK_UNSPECIFIED
&&
817 !check_filename(NULL
, arg
) &&
819 const char *remote
= unique_tracking_name(arg
);
820 if (!remote
|| get_sha1(remote
, rev
))
822 opts
.new_branch
= arg
;
824 /* DWIMmed to create local branch */
830 /* we can't end up being in (2) anymore, eat the argument */
835 if ((new.commit
= lookup_commit_reference_gently(rev
, 1))) {
836 setup_branch_path(&new);
838 if ((check_ref_format(new.path
) == CHECK_REF_FORMAT_OK
) &&
839 resolve_ref(new.path
, rev
, 1, NULL
))
843 parse_commit(new.commit
);
844 source_tree
= new.commit
->tree
;
846 source_tree
= parse_tree_indirect(rev
);
848 if (!source_tree
) /* case (1): want a tree */
849 die("reference is not a tree: %s", arg
);
850 if (!has_dash_dash
) {/* case (3 -> 1) */
852 * Do not complain the most common case
853 * git checkout branch
854 * even if there happen to be a file called 'branch';
855 * it would be extremely annoying.
858 verify_non_filename(NULL
, arg
);
868 if (opts
.track
== BRANCH_TRACK_UNSPECIFIED
)
869 opts
.track
= git_branch_track
;
872 const char **pathspec
= get_pathspec(prefix
, argv
);
875 die("invalid path specification");
878 return interactive_checkout(new.name
, pathspec
, &opts
);
881 if (opts
.new_branch
) {
883 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]);
885 die("git checkout: updating paths is incompatible with switching branches.");
889 if (1 < !!opts
.writeout_stage
+ !!opts
.force
+ !!opts
.merge
)
890 die("git checkout: --ours/--theirs, --force and --merge are incompatible when\nchecking out of the index.");
892 return checkout_paths(source_tree
, pathspec
, &opts
);
896 return interactive_checkout(new.name
, NULL
, &opts
);
898 if (opts
.new_branch
) {
899 struct strbuf buf
= STRBUF_INIT
;
900 if (strbuf_check_branch_ref(&buf
, opts
.new_branch
))
901 die("git checkout: we do not like '%s' as a branch name.",
903 if (!get_sha1(buf
.buf
, rev
)) {
904 opts
.branch_exists
= 1;
905 if (!opts
.new_branch_force
)
906 die("git checkout: branch %s already exists",
909 strbuf_release(&buf
);
912 if (new.name
&& !new.commit
) {
913 die("Cannot switch branch to a non-commit.");
915 if (opts
.writeout_stage
)
916 die("--ours/--theirs is incompatible with switching branches.");
918 return switch_branches(&opts
, &new);