Allow checkout -B <current-branch> to update the current branch

When on master, "git checkout -B master <commit>" is a more natural way to
say "git reset --keep <commit>", which was originally invented for the
exact purpose of moving to the named commit while keeping the local changes
around.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
This commit is contained in:
Jonathan Nieder
2011-11-26 02:54:55 -06:00
committed by Junio C Hamano
parent 3f59481e33
commit 39bd6f7261
5 changed files with 23 additions and 12 deletions

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@ -160,7 +160,8 @@ int validate_new_branchname(const char *name, struct strbuf *ref,
void create_branch(const char *head,
const char *name, const char *start_name,
int force, int reflog, enum branch_track track)
int force, int reflog, int clobber_head,
enum branch_track track)
{
struct ref_lock *lock = NULL;
struct commit *commit;
@ -175,7 +176,8 @@ void create_branch(const char *head,
explicit_tracking = 1;
if (validate_new_branchname(name, &ref, force,
track == BRANCH_TRACK_OVERRIDE)) {
track == BRANCH_TRACK_OVERRIDE ||
clobber_head)) {
if (!force)
dont_change_ref = 1;
else