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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2008-07-24 23:24:17 -0700
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2008-07-24 23:24:17 -0700
commit99ea66ec479b884a8b5aff3020cf6e6abb9aa09a (patch)
tree097719dccef82c5010956aa9865922782378716a /builtin-checkout.c
parent9944d1a0e4ce741b07248b95fff2f506b5f1729c (diff)
parent859fdabaede6733c98b1ca8df2fabce000522bf9 (diff)
downloadgit-99ea66ec479b884a8b5aff3020cf6e6abb9aa09a.tar.gz
Merge branch 'ph/checkout'
* ph/checkout: git-checkout: improve error messages, detect ambiguities. git-checkout: fix command line parsing.
Diffstat (limited to 'builtin-checkout.c')
-rw-r--r--builtin-checkout.c85
1 files changed, 67 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/builtin-checkout.c b/builtin-checkout.c
index fbd5105a83..411cc513c6 100644
--- a/builtin-checkout.c
+++ b/builtin-checkout.c
@@ -430,6 +430,7 @@ int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
OPT_BOOLEAN('m', NULL, &opts.merge, "merge"),
OPT_END(),
};
+ int has_dash_dash;
memset(&opts, 0, sizeof(opts));
memset(&new, 0, sizeof(new));
@@ -438,12 +439,57 @@ int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
opts.track = git_branch_track;
- argc = parse_options(argc, argv, options, checkout_usage, 0);
+ argc = parse_options(argc, argv, options, checkout_usage,
+ PARSE_OPT_KEEP_DASHDASH);
+
+ if (!opts.new_branch && (opts.track != git_branch_track))
+ die("git checkout: --track and --no-track require -b");
+
+ if (opts.force && opts.merge)
+ die("git checkout: -f and -m are incompatible");
+
+ /*
+ * case 1: git checkout <ref> -- [<paths>]
+ *
+ * <ref> must be a valid tree, everything after the '--' must be
+ * a path.
+ *
+ * case 2: git checkout -- [<paths>]
+ *
+ * everything after the '--' must be paths.
+ *
+ * case 3: git checkout <something> [<paths>]
+ *
+ * With no paths, if <something> is a commit, that is to
+ * switch to the branch or detach HEAD at it.
+ *
+ * Otherwise <something> shall not be ambiguous.
+ * - If it's *only* a reference, treat it like case (1).
+ * - If it's only a path, treat it like case (2).
+ * - else: fail.
+ *
+ */
if (argc) {
+ if (!strcmp(argv[0], "--")) { /* case (2) */
+ argv++;
+ argc--;
+ goto no_reference;
+ }
+
arg = argv[0];
- if (get_sha1(arg, rev))
- ;
- else if ((new.commit = lookup_commit_reference_gently(rev, 1))) {
+ has_dash_dash = (argc > 1) && !strcmp(argv[1], "--");
+
+ if (get_sha1(arg, rev)) {
+ if (has_dash_dash) /* case (1) */
+ die("invalid reference: %s", arg);
+ goto no_reference; /* case (3 -> 2) */
+ }
+
+ /* we can't end up being in (2) anymore, eat the argument */
+ argv++;
+ argc--;
+
+ if ((new.commit = lookup_commit_reference_gently(rev, 1))) {
new.name = arg;
setup_branch_path(&new);
if (resolve_ref(new.path, rev, 1, NULL))
@@ -452,25 +498,28 @@ int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
new.path = NULL;
parse_commit(new.commit);
source_tree = new.commit->tree;
- argv++;
- argc--;
- } else if ((source_tree = parse_tree_indirect(rev))) {
+ } else
+ source_tree = parse_tree_indirect(rev);
+
+ if (!source_tree) /* case (1): want a tree */
+ die("reference is not a tree: %s", arg);
+ if (!has_dash_dash) {/* case (3 -> 1) */
+ /*
+ * Do not complain the most common case
+ * git checkout branch
+ * even if there happen to be a file called 'branch';
+ * it would be extremely annoying.
+ */
+ if (argc)
+ verify_non_filename(NULL, arg);
+ }
+ else {
argv++;
argc--;
}
}
- if (argc && !strcmp(argv[0], "--")) {
- argv++;
- argc--;
- }
-
- if (!opts.new_branch && (opts.track != git_branch_track))
- die("git checkout: --track and --no-track require -b");
-
- if (opts.force && opts.merge)
- die("git checkout: -f and -m are incompatible");
-
+no_reference:
if (argc) {
const char **pathspec = get_pathspec(prefix, argv);