checkout: introduce --detach synonym for "git checkout foo^{commit}"

For example, one might use this when making a temporary merge to
test that two topics work well together.

Patch by Junio, with tests from Jeff King.

[jn: with some extra checks for bogus commandline usage]

Suggested-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
This commit is contained in:
Junio C Hamano
2011-02-08 04:32:49 -06:00
parent 09ebad6fae
commit 32669671c7
3 changed files with 126 additions and 7 deletions

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@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ struct checkout_opts {
int quiet;
int merge;
int force;
int force_detach;
int writeout_stage;
int writeout_error;
@ -563,7 +564,7 @@ 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")) {
} else if (opts->force_detach || strcmp(new->name, "HEAD")) {
update_ref(msg.buf, "HEAD", new->commit->object.sha1, NULL,
REF_NODEREF, DIE_ON_ERR);
if (!opts->quiet) {
@ -574,7 +575,8 @@ static void update_refs_for_switch(struct checkout_opts *opts,
}
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);
}
@ -677,6 +679,7 @@ static const char *unique_tracking_name(const char *name)
static int parse_branchname_arg(int argc, const char **argv,
int dwim_new_local_branch_ok,
int force_detach,
struct branch_info *new,
struct tree **source_tree,
unsigned char rev[20],
@ -753,7 +756,8 @@ static int parse_branchname_arg(int argc, const char **argv,
new->name = arg;
setup_branch_path(new);
if (check_ref_format(new->path) == CHECK_REF_FORMAT_OK &&
if (!force_detach &&
check_ref_format(new->path) == CHECK_REF_FORMAT_OK &&
resolve_ref(new->path, branch_rev, 1, NULL))
hashcpy(rev, branch_rev);
else
@ -804,6 +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"),
@ -842,9 +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];
@ -895,7 +906,8 @@ int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
dwim_new_local_branch &&
opts.track == BRANCH_TRACK_UNSPECIFIED &&
!opts.new_branch;
int n = parse_branchname_arg(argc, argv, dwim_ok,
int n = parse_branchname_arg(argc, argv,
dwim_ok, opts.force_detach,
&new, &source_tree, rev, &opts.new_branch);
argv += n;
argc -= n;
@ -922,6 +934,9 @@ int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
}
}
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.");