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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-checkout.txt13
-rw-r--r--builtin/checkout.c260
-rwxr-xr-xt/t2019-checkout-ambiguous-ref.sh59
-rwxr-xr-xt/t2020-checkout-detach.sh95
4 files changed, 320 insertions, 107 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
index 880763d..87863fc 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [-m] [<branch>]
+'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [-m] [--detach] [<commit>]
'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [-m] [[-b|-B|--orphan] <new_branch>] [<start_point>]
'git checkout' [-f|--ours|--theirs|-m|--conflict=<style>] [<tree-ish>] [--] <paths>...
'git checkout' --patch [<tree-ish>] [--] [<paths>...]
@@ -22,9 +23,10 @@ branch.
'git checkout' [<branch>]::
'git checkout' -b|-B <new_branch> [<start point>]::
+'git checkout' [--detach] [<commit>]::
This form switches branches by updating the index, working
- tree, and HEAD to reflect the specified branch.
+ tree, and HEAD to reflect the specified branch or commit.
+
If `-b` is given, a new branch is created as if linkgit:git-branch[1]
were called and then checked out; in this case you can
@@ -115,6 +117,13 @@ explicitly give a name with '-b' in such a case.
Create the new branch's reflog; see linkgit:git-branch[1] for
details.
+--detach::
+ Rather than checking out a branch to work on it, check out a
+ commit for inspection and discardable experiments.
+ This is the default behavior of "git checkout <commit>" when
+ <commit> is not a branch name. See the "DETACHED HEAD" section
+ below for details.
+
--orphan::
Create a new 'orphan' branch, named <new_branch>, started from
<start_point> and switch to it. The first commit made on this
@@ -204,7 +213,7 @@ leave out at most one of `A` and `B`, in which case it defaults to `HEAD`.
-Detached HEAD
+DETACHED HEAD
-------------
It is sometimes useful to be able to 'checkout' a commit that is
diff --git a/builtin/checkout.c b/builtin/checkout.c
index bef324e..cc97dbc 100644
--- a/builtin/checkout.c
+++ b/builtin/checkout.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ struct checkout_opts {
int quiet;
int merge;
int force;
+ int force_detach;
int writeout_stage;
int writeout_error;
@@ -541,7 +542,17 @@ static void update_refs_for_switch(struct checkout_opts *opts,
strbuf_addf(&msg, "checkout: moving from %s to %s",
old_desc ? old_desc : "(invalid)", new->name);
- if (new->path) {
+ if (!strcmp(new->name, "HEAD") && !new->path && !opts->force_detach) {
+ /* Nothing to do. */
+ } else if (opts->force_detach || !new->path) { /* No longer on any branch. */
+ update_ref(msg.buf, "HEAD", new->commit->object.sha1, NULL,
+ REF_NODEREF, DIE_ON_ERR);
+ if (!opts->quiet) {
+ if (old->path && advice_detached_head)
+ detach_advice(old->path, new->name);
+ describe_detached_head("HEAD is now at", new->commit);
+ }
+ } else if (new->path) { /* Switch branches. */
create_symref("HEAD", new->path, msg.buf);
if (!opts->quiet) {
if (old->path && !strcmp(new->path, old->path))
@@ -563,18 +574,11 @@ static void update_refs_for_switch(struct checkout_opts *opts,
if (!file_exists(ref_file) && file_exists(log_file))
remove_path(log_file);
}
- } else if (strcmp(new->name, "HEAD")) {
- update_ref(msg.buf, "HEAD", new->commit->object.sha1, NULL,
- REF_NODEREF, DIE_ON_ERR);
- if (!opts->quiet) {
- if (old->path && advice_detached_head)
- detach_advice(old->path, new->name);
- describe_detached_head("HEAD is now at", new->commit);
- }
}
remove_branch_state();
strbuf_release(&msg);
- if (!opts->quiet && (new->path || !strcmp(new->name, "HEAD")))
+ if (!opts->quiet &&
+ (new->path || (!opts->force_detach && !strcmp(new->name, "HEAD"))))
report_tracking(new);
}
@@ -675,11 +679,123 @@ static const char *unique_tracking_name(const char *name)
return NULL;
}
+static int parse_branchname_arg(int argc, const char **argv,
+ int dwim_new_local_branch_ok,
+ struct branch_info *new,
+ struct tree **source_tree,
+ unsigned char rev[20],
+ const char **new_branch)
+{
+ int argcount = 0;
+ unsigned char branch_rev[20];
+ const char *arg;
+ int has_dash_dash;
+
+ /*
+ * 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. As a special case,
+ * if <something> is A...B (missing A or B means HEAD but you can
+ * omit at most one side), and if there is a unique merge base
+ * between A and B, A...B names that merge base.
+ *
+ * With no paths, if <something> is _not_ a commit, no -t nor -b
+ * was given, and there is a tracking branch whose name is
+ * <something> in one and only one remote, then this is a short-hand
+ * to fork local <something> from that remote-tracking branch.
+ *
+ * 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)
+ return 0;
+
+ if (!strcmp(argv[0], "--")) /* case (2) */
+ return 1;
+
+ arg = argv[0];
+ has_dash_dash = (argc > 1) && !strcmp(argv[1], "--");
+
+ if (!strcmp(arg, "-"))
+ arg = "@{-1}";
+
+ if (get_sha1_mb(arg, rev)) {
+ if (has_dash_dash) /* case (1) */
+ die("invalid reference: %s", arg);
+ if (dwim_new_local_branch_ok &&
+ !check_filename(NULL, arg) &&
+ argc == 1) {
+ const char *remote = unique_tracking_name(arg);
+ if (!remote || get_sha1(remote, rev))
+ return argcount;
+ *new_branch = arg;
+ arg = remote;
+ /* DWIMmed to create local branch */
+ } else {
+ return argcount;
+ }
+ }
+
+ /* we can't end up being in (2) anymore, eat the argument */
+ argcount++;
+ argv++;
+ argc--;
+
+ new->name = arg;
+ setup_branch_path(new);
+
+ if (check_ref_format(new->path) == CHECK_REF_FORMAT_OK &&
+ resolve_ref(new->path, branch_rev, 1, NULL))
+ hashcpy(rev, branch_rev);
+ else
+ new->path = NULL; /* not an existing branch */
+
+ new->commit = lookup_commit_reference_gently(rev, 1);
+ if (!new->commit) {
+ /* not a commit */
+ *source_tree = parse_tree_indirect(rev);
+ } else {
+ parse_commit(new->commit);
+ *source_tree = new->commit->tree;
+ }
+
+ 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 {
+ argcount++;
+ argv++;
+ argc--;
+ }
+
+ return argcount;
+}
+
int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
{
struct checkout_opts opts;
unsigned char rev[20];
- const char *arg;
struct branch_info new;
struct tree *source_tree = NULL;
char *conflict_style = NULL;
@@ -692,6 +808,7 @@ int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
OPT_STRING('B', NULL, &opts.new_branch_force, "branch",
"create/reset and checkout a branch"),
OPT_BOOLEAN('l', NULL, &opts.new_branch_log, "create reflog for new branch"),
+ OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "detach", &opts.force_detach, "detach the HEAD at named commit"),
OPT_SET_INT('t', "track", &opts.track, "set upstream info for new branch",
BRANCH_TRACK_EXPLICIT),
OPT_STRING(0, "orphan", &opts.new_orphan_branch, "new branch", "new unparented branch"),
@@ -709,7 +826,6 @@ int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
PARSE_OPT_NOARG | PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN },
OPT_END(),
};
- int has_dash_dash;
memset(&opts, 0, sizeof(opts));
memset(&new, 0, sizeof(new));
@@ -731,9 +847,15 @@ int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
opts.new_branch = opts.new_branch_force;
if (patch_mode && (opts.track > 0 || opts.new_branch
- || opts.new_branch_log || opts.merge || opts.force))
+ || opts.new_branch_log || opts.merge || opts.force
+ || opts.force_detach))
die ("--patch is incompatible with all other options");
+ if (opts.force_detach && (opts.new_branch || opts.new_orphan_branch))
+ die("--detach cannot be used with -b/-B/--orphan");
+ if (opts.force_detach && 0 < opts.track)
+ die("--detach cannot be used with -t");
+
/* --track without -b should DWIM */
if (0 < opts.track && !opts.new_branch) {
const char *argv0 = argv[0];
@@ -766,105 +888,30 @@ int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
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. As a special case,
- * if <something> is A...B (missing A or B means HEAD but you can
- * omit at most one side), and if there is a unique merge base
- * between A and B, A...B names that merge base.
+ * Extract branch name from command line arguments, so
+ * all that is left is pathspecs.
*
- * With no paths, if <something> is _not_ a commit, no -t nor -b
- * was given, and there is a remote-tracking branch whose name is
- * <something> in one and only one remote, then this is a short-hand
- * to fork local <something> from that remote-tracking branch.
+ * Handle
*
- * 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.
+ * 1) git checkout <tree> -- [<paths>]
+ * 2) git checkout -- [<paths>]
+ * 3) git checkout <something> [<paths>]
*
+ * including "last branch" syntax and DWIM-ery for names of
+ * remote branches, erroring out for invalid or ambiguous cases.
*/
if (argc) {
- if (!strcmp(argv[0], "--")) { /* case (2) */
- argv++;
- argc--;
- goto no_reference;
- }
-
- arg = argv[0];
- has_dash_dash = (argc > 1) && !strcmp(argv[1], "--");
-
- if (!strcmp(arg, "-"))
- arg = "@{-1}";
-
- if (get_sha1_mb(arg, rev)) {
- if (has_dash_dash) /* case (1) */
- die("invalid reference: %s", arg);
- if (!patch_mode &&
- dwim_new_local_branch &&
- opts.track == BRANCH_TRACK_UNSPECIFIED &&
- !opts.new_branch &&
- !check_filename(NULL, arg) &&
- argc == 1) {
- const char *remote = unique_tracking_name(arg);
- if (!remote || get_sha1(remote, rev))
- goto no_reference;
- opts.new_branch = arg;
- arg = remote;
- /* DWIMmed to create local branch */
- }
- else
- goto no_reference;
- }
-
- /* we can't end up being in (2) anymore, eat the argument */
- argv++;
- argc--;
-
- new.name = arg;
- if ((new.commit = lookup_commit_reference_gently(rev, 1))) {
- setup_branch_path(&new);
-
- if ((check_ref_format(new.path) == CHECK_REF_FORMAT_OK) &&
- resolve_ref(new.path, rev, 1, NULL))
- ;
- else
- new.path = NULL;
- parse_commit(new.commit);
- source_tree = new.commit->tree;
- } 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--;
- }
+ int dwim_ok =
+ !patch_mode &&
+ dwim_new_local_branch &&
+ opts.track == BRANCH_TRACK_UNSPECIFIED &&
+ !opts.new_branch;
+ int n = parse_branchname_arg(argc, argv, dwim_ok,
+ &new, &source_tree, rev, &opts.new_branch);
+ argv += n;
+ argc -= n;
}
-no_reference:
-
if (opts.track == BRANCH_TRACK_UNSPECIFIED)
opts.track = git_branch_track;
@@ -886,6 +933,9 @@ no_reference:
}
}
+ if (opts.force_detach)
+ die("git checkout: --detach does not take a path argument");
+
if (1 < !!opts.writeout_stage + !!opts.force + !!opts.merge)
die("git checkout: --ours/--theirs, --force and --merge are incompatible when\nchecking out of the index.");
diff --git a/t/t2019-checkout-ambiguous-ref.sh b/t/t2019-checkout-ambiguous-ref.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..943541d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t2019-checkout-ambiguous-ref.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description='checkout handling of ambiguous (branch/tag) refs'
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+test_expect_success 'setup ambiguous refs' '
+ test_commit branch file &&
+ git branch ambiguity &&
+ git branch vagueness &&
+ test_commit tag file &&
+ git tag ambiguity &&
+ git tag vagueness HEAD:file &&
+ test_commit other file
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'checkout ambiguous ref succeeds' '
+ git checkout ambiguity >stdout 2>stderr
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'checkout produces ambiguity warning' '
+ grep "warning.*ambiguous" stderr
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'checkout chooses branch over tag' '
+ echo refs/heads/ambiguity >expect &&
+ git symbolic-ref HEAD >actual &&
+ test_cmp expect actual &&
+ echo branch >expect &&
+ test_cmp expect file
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'checkout reports switch to branch' '
+ grep "Switched to branch" stderr &&
+ ! grep "^HEAD is now at" stderr
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'checkout vague ref succeeds' '
+ git checkout vagueness >stdout 2>stderr &&
+ test_set_prereq VAGUENESS_SUCCESS
+'
+
+test_expect_success VAGUENESS_SUCCESS 'checkout produces ambiguity warning' '
+ grep "warning.*ambiguous" stderr
+'
+
+test_expect_success VAGUENESS_SUCCESS 'checkout chooses branch over tag' '
+ echo refs/heads/vagueness >expect &&
+ git symbolic-ref HEAD >actual &&
+ test_cmp expect actual &&
+ echo branch >expect &&
+ test_cmp expect file
+'
+
+test_expect_success VAGUENESS_SUCCESS 'checkout reports switch to branch' '
+ grep "Switched to branch" stderr &&
+ ! grep "^HEAD is now at" stderr
+'
+
+test_done
diff --git a/t/t2020-checkout-detach.sh b/t/t2020-checkout-detach.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..0042145
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t2020-checkout-detach.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description='checkout into detached HEAD state'
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+check_detached () {
+ test_must_fail git symbolic-ref -q HEAD >/dev/null
+}
+
+check_not_detached () {
+ git symbolic-ref -q HEAD >/dev/null
+}
+
+reset () {
+ git checkout master &&
+ check_not_detached
+}
+
+test_expect_success 'setup' '
+ test_commit one &&
+ test_commit two &&
+ git branch branch &&
+ git tag tag
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'checkout branch does not detach' '
+ reset &&
+ git checkout branch &&
+ check_not_detached
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'checkout tag detaches' '
+ reset &&
+ git checkout tag &&
+ check_detached
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'checkout branch by full name detaches' '
+ reset &&
+ git checkout refs/heads/branch &&
+ check_detached
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'checkout non-ref detaches' '
+ reset &&
+ git checkout branch^ &&
+ check_detached
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'checkout ref^0 detaches' '
+ reset &&
+ git checkout branch^0 &&
+ check_detached
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'checkout --detach detaches' '
+ reset &&
+ git checkout --detach branch &&
+ check_detached
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'checkout --detach without branch name' '
+ reset &&
+ git checkout --detach &&
+ check_detached
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'checkout --detach errors out for non-commit' '
+ reset &&
+ test_must_fail git checkout --detach one^{tree} &&
+ check_not_detached
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'checkout --detach errors out for extra argument' '
+ reset &&
+ git checkout master &&
+ test_must_fail git checkout --detach tag one.t &&
+ check_not_detached
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'checkout --detached and -b are incompatible' '
+ reset &&
+ test_must_fail git checkout --detach -b newbranch tag &&
+ check_not_detached
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'checkout --detach moves HEAD' '
+ reset &&
+ git checkout one &&
+ git checkout --detach two &&
+ git diff --exit-code HEAD &&
+ git diff --exit-code two
+'
+
+test_done