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1 #!/bin/sh
3 USAGE='[-q] [-f] [-b <new_branch>] [-m] [<branch>] [<paths>...]'
4 SUBDIRECTORY_OK=Sometimes
5 . git-sh-setup
6 require_work_tree
8 old_name=HEAD
9 old=$(git-rev-parse --verify $old_name 2>/dev/null)
10 oldbranch=$(git-symbolic-ref $old_name 2>/dev/null)
11 new=
12 new_name=
13 force=
14 branch=
15 track=
16 newbranch=
17 newbranch_log=
18 merge=
19 quiet=
20 v=-v
21 LF='
23 while [ "$#" != "0" ]; do
24 arg="$1"
25 shift
26 case "$arg" in
27 "-b")
28 newbranch="$1"
29 shift
30 [ -z "$newbranch" ] &&
31 die "git checkout: -b needs a branch name"
32 git-show-ref --verify --quiet -- "refs/heads/$newbranch" &&
33 die "git checkout: branch $newbranch already exists"
34 git-check-ref-format "heads/$newbranch" ||
35 die "git checkout: we do not like '$newbranch' as a branch name."
37 "-l")
38 newbranch_log=-l
40 "--track"|"--no-track")
41 track="$arg"
43 "-f")
44 force=1
46 -m)
47 merge=1
49 "-q")
50 quiet=1
53 --)
54 break
56 -*)
57 usage
60 if rev=$(git-rev-parse --verify "$arg^0" 2>/dev/null)
61 then
62 if [ -z "$rev" ]; then
63 echo "unknown flag $arg"
64 exit 1
66 new_name="$arg"
67 if git-show-ref --verify --quiet -- "refs/heads/$arg"
68 then
69 rev=$(git-rev-parse --verify "refs/heads/$arg^0")
70 branch="$arg"
72 new="$rev"
73 elif rev=$(git-rev-parse --verify "$arg^{tree}" 2>/dev/null)
74 then
75 # checking out selected paths from a tree-ish.
76 new="$rev"
77 new_name="$arg^{tree}"
78 branch=
79 else
80 new=
81 new_name=
82 branch=
83 set x "$arg" "$@"
84 shift
86 case "$1" in
87 --)
88 shift ;;
89 esac
90 break
92 esac
93 done
95 case "$newbranch,$track" in
96 ,--*)
97 die "git checkout: --track and --no-track require -b"
98 esac
100 case "$force$merge" in
102 die "git checkout: -f and -m are incompatible"
103 esac
105 # The behaviour of the command with and without explicit path
106 # parameters is quite different.
108 # Without paths, we are checking out everything in the work tree,
109 # possibly switching branches. This is the traditional behaviour.
111 # With paths, we are _never_ switching branch, but checking out
112 # the named paths from either index (when no rev is given),
113 # or the named tree-ish (when rev is given).
115 if test "$#" -ge 1
116 then
117 hint=
118 if test "$#" -eq 1
119 then
120 hint="
121 Did you intend to checkout '$@' which can not be resolved as commit?"
123 if test '' != "$newbranch$force$merge"
124 then
125 die "git checkout: updating paths is incompatible with switching branches/forcing$hint"
127 if test '' != "$new"
128 then
129 # from a specific tree-ish; note that this is for
130 # rescuing paths and is never meant to remove what
131 # is not in the named tree-ish.
132 git-ls-tree --full-name -r "$new" "$@" |
133 git-update-index --index-info || exit $?
136 # Make sure the request is about existing paths.
137 git-ls-files --error-unmatch -- "$@" >/dev/null || exit
138 git-ls-files -- "$@" |
139 git-checkout-index -f -u --stdin
140 exit $?
141 else
142 # Make sure we did not fall back on $arg^{tree} codepath
143 # since we are not checking out from an arbitrary tree-ish,
144 # but switching branches.
145 if test '' != "$new"
146 then
147 git-rev-parse --verify "$new^{commit}" >/dev/null 2>&1 ||
148 die "Cannot switch branch to a non-commit."
152 # We are switching branches and checking out trees, so
153 # we *NEED* to be at the toplevel.
154 cd_to_toplevel
156 [ -z "$new" ] && new=$old && new_name="$old_name"
158 # If we don't have an existing branch that we're switching to,
159 # and we don't have a new branch name for the target we
160 # are switching to, then we are detaching our HEAD from any
161 # branch. However, if "git checkout HEAD" detaches the HEAD
162 # from the current branch, even though that may be logically
163 # correct, it feels somewhat funny. More importantly, we do not
164 # want "git checkout" nor "git checkout -f" to detach HEAD.
166 detached=
167 detach_warn=
169 describe_detached_head () {
170 test -n "$quiet" || {
171 printf >&2 "$1 "
172 GIT_PAGER= git log >&2 -1 --pretty=oneline --abbrev-commit "$2"
176 if test -z "$branch$newbranch" && test "$new_name" != "$old_name"
177 then
178 detached="$new"
179 if test -n "$oldbranch" && test -z "$quiet"
180 then
181 detach_warn="Note: moving to \"$new_name\" which isn't a local branch
182 If you want to create a new branch from this checkout, you may do so
183 (now or later) by using -b with the checkout command again. Example:
184 git checkout -b <new_branch_name>"
186 elif test -z "$oldbranch" && test "$new" != "$old"
187 then
188 describe_detached_head 'Previous HEAD position was' "$old"
191 if [ "X$old" = X ]
192 then
193 if test -z "$quiet"
194 then
195 echo >&2 "warning: You appear to be on a branch yet to be born."
196 echo >&2 "warning: Forcing checkout of $new_name."
198 force=1
201 if [ "$force" ]
202 then
203 git-read-tree $v --reset -u $new
204 else
205 git-update-index --refresh >/dev/null
206 merge_error=$(git-read-tree -m -u --exclude-per-directory=.gitignore $old $new 2>&1) || (
207 case "$merge" in
209 echo >&2 "$merge_error"
210 exit 1 ;;
211 esac
213 # Match the index to the working tree, and do a three-way.
214 git diff-files --name-only | git update-index --remove --stdin &&
215 work=`git write-tree` &&
216 git read-tree $v --reset -u $new || exit
218 eval GITHEAD_$new='${new_name:-${branch:-$new}}' &&
219 eval GITHEAD_$work=local &&
220 export GITHEAD_$new GITHEAD_$work &&
221 git merge-recursive $old -- $new $work
223 # Do not register the cleanly merged paths in the index yet.
224 # this is not a real merge before committing, but just carrying
225 # the working tree changes along.
226 unmerged=`git ls-files -u`
227 git read-tree $v --reset $new
228 case "$unmerged" in
229 '') ;;
232 z40=0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
233 echo "$unmerged" |
234 sed -e 's/^[0-7]* [0-9a-f]* /'"0 $z40 /"
235 echo "$unmerged"
236 ) | git update-index --index-info
238 esac
239 exit 0
241 saved_err=$?
242 if test "$saved_err" = 0 && test -z "$quiet"
243 then
244 git diff-index --name-status "$new"
246 (exit $saved_err)
250 # Switch the HEAD pointer to the new branch if we
251 # checked out a branch head, and remove any potential
252 # old MERGE_HEAD's (subsequent commits will clearly not
253 # be based on them, since we re-set the index)
255 if [ "$?" -eq 0 ]; then
256 if [ "$newbranch" ]; then
257 git-branch $track $newbranch_log "$newbranch" "$new_name" || exit
258 branch="$newbranch"
260 if test -n "$branch"
261 then
262 GIT_DIR="$GIT_DIR" git-symbolic-ref -m "checkout: moving to $branch" HEAD "refs/heads/$branch"
263 if test -n "$quiet"
264 then
265 true # nothing
266 elif test "refs/heads/$branch" = "$oldbranch"
267 then
268 echo >&2 "Already on branch \"$branch\""
269 else
270 echo >&2 "Switched to${newbranch:+ a new} branch \"$branch\""
272 elif test -n "$detached"
273 then
274 git-update-ref --no-deref -m "checkout: moving to $arg" HEAD "$detached" ||
275 die "Cannot detach HEAD"
276 if test -n "$detach_warn"
277 then
278 echo >&2 "$detach_warn"
280 describe_detached_head 'HEAD is now at' HEAD
282 rm -f "$GIT_DIR/MERGE_HEAD"
283 else
284 exit 1